2015 Spelling Bee Finalists
The results are in! Congratulations to the following 35 spellers who scored highest on the written portion of the WITF Central PA Spelling Bee:
- Anton Aluquin, St. Joan of Arc School
- Megan Brubaker, Tuscarora JHS, Juniata County SD
- Luke Capper, St. Joseph School, Mechanicsburg
- Ian Case, Lamberton MS, Carlisle Area SD
- Sarah Chacko, Good Hope MS, Cumberland Valley SD
- Ashwin Dukkipati, Mechanicsburg MS
- Khawla Fentis, Good Hope MS, Cumberland Valley SD
- Gloria Givler, Camp Hill MS
- Nathaniel Gutekunst, York Suburban MS
- Alina Iwanowicz, Yellow Breeches MS, South Middleton SD
- Samantha Knipple, Holy Name of Jesus School, Harrisburg
- Eugene Lee, Palmyra Area MS
- Matthew Little, Lower Dauphin MS
- Lance Miller, Allen MS, West Shore SD
- Savannah Miscik, Linglestown MS, Central Dauphin SD
- Lucas Moran, South Eastern MS West
- Connor O’Keefe, Central York MS
- Delaney Rae Pensinger, Greencastle-Antrim MS
- Joshua Po, St. Joan of Arc School, Hershey
- Asna Rizwan, Central Dauphin MS
- Avni Sanghvi, Good Hope MS, Cumberland Valley SD
- Nicole Sanna, East Pennsboro MS
- Ricky Schimek, Red Lion JHS
- Jacob Schmitt, West York Area MS
- Samuel Schreier, Mechanicsburg MS
- Jonathan Setzer, Camp Hill MS
- Bharadwaj Sudarsan, Central Dauphin MS
- Dinesh Umasankar, Eagle View MS, Cumberland Valley SD
- Zachary Wagner, Eagle View MS, Cumberland Valley SD
- Thussenthan Walter-Angelo, New Cumberland MS, West Shore SD
- Megan Watkins, Southern MS, Southern York County SD
- Ava Wendelken, Lamberton MS, Carlisle Area SD
- Joshua Witt, Lamberton MS, Carlisle Area SD
- Amaris Wolfe, Tuscarora JHS, Juniata County SD
- Haylee Yocum, Tuscarora JHS, Juniata County SD
These 35 spellers scored the highest on the written portion of WITF’s Central PA Spelling Bee. The written test was held at WITF on January 25th and consisted of 50 spelling words and 50 vocabulary words. These spellers will now advance to the oral competition which will take place at WITF on February 28th. The oral competition will be broadcast on WITF TV. The winner of the WITF Central PA Spelling Bee will move on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington, DC!
Congratulations to all of the spellers who participated in WITF’s written competition. What an accomplishment! Good luck to those moving on to the oral spelling bee!
Don’t miss the WITF Central PA Spelling Bee when it airs on WITF-TV on Sunday, March 1st at 6:00 pm. You can also catch it on Wednesday, March 4th at 7:00 pm and Friday, March 6th at 1:00 pm.
