Write a commentLeighton Elementary School held their annual Spelling Bee recently and MaryKate Cloonan captured first place, while Ava and Anna Cloonan finished second and third respectively.
Participants from grades four through sixth grade included: Miah Metott, Tristan Clark, Mary Kate Cloonan, Aerin Monette, Dylan Olson, Aiden Keville, Jack Hall, Brandon Sobrino, Phi Nyguyen, Aiden Robbins, Lauren Elkins, Antonio Lombardo, Sasha Loayza, Kurt Loftus, John Alejandro, Ava Cloonan, Ethan Sanders, Xavier Vollmer, and Anna Cloonan.
According to Leighton Elementary School Literacy Specialist and Spelling Bee moderator Amy Armet, each of the participating students received a certificate, and the winners received gift cards to the river’s end bookstore in Oswego. The winners also will move on to the district-wide Spelling Bee to be held on March 21 at 10 a.m. at the Oswego High School’s Ralph M. Faust Theatre.
