Sumaiyah Alyadumi of Watford City will compete in her 3rd North Dakota State Spelling Bee
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee second grade winners from left, Brittastina Lassey, East Fairview, first place; Ty Paulsen, East Fairview, second place and Nolan Kimball, Alexander, third place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee first grade winners from left, James Dean, Alexander, third place, Delia Livingston, Watford City, first place and Mackenzie Trautmann, Watford City, second place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee third grade winners from left, Colte Phelan, Mandaree, third place; Harley Wright, Watford City, second place and Kalhan Alyadumi, Watford City, first place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee fifth grade winners from left, Kree Hartel, Watford City, tied for third place; Emma Blankenship, tied for third place; Kayla Sullivan, Watford City, first place and Max Heen, Alexander, second place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee fourth grade winners from front row from left, Brooke Rykhus, Alexander, tied for third place; Jacob Adams, JCCA, tied for third place; back from left, Jonni Sanborn, Alexander, tied for second place; Landon Vetter, Watford City; tied for first place; Elijah Katt, Watford City, tied for first place and Sawyer Rafferty, Watford City, tied for second place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee sixth grade winners from left, Hayden LaDue, Alexander, third place; Serenity Voisin, Watford City, first place and Boris Fillipe, Watford City, second place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee seventh grade winners from left, Jaksy Patterson, Watford City, tied for first place; Riley Bushnell, East Fairview, second place and Christian Lassey, East Fairview, tied for first place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee eighth grade winners from left, Sumaiyah Alyadumi, Watford City, first place; Bradyn Modine, Alexander, tied for second place; Samantha Riggs, Alexander, tied for second place; Josiah Duckworth, JCCA, tied for second place.
2017 McKenzie County Spelling Bee oral winners from left, Samantha Riggs, third place; Sumaiyah Alyadumi, first place and Hayden LaDue second place.
McKenzie County conducted its annual spelling bee under the direction of Carol Kieson, McKenzie County Supt. of Schools. The competition was held Wednesday, February 22 at Alexander Public School, hosted by Superintendent Leslie Bieber and her staff. The 2017 State Spelling Bee will be held in Bismarck March 20 at the Ramkota Inn. The North Dakota Masonic Foundation, The North Dakota Association of County Superintendents, and the North Dakota Newspaper Association co-sponsor the State Spelling Bee. The State Bee is affiliated with the National Spelling Bee which will be held in Washington, DC, May 21-May 26 and to which the co-sponsors will send the state winner.
Each county is allowed two entries in the state competition. All contestants compete in a written round of 50 words from which the finalists are chosen. The finalists compete on an equal basis in an oral spelldown with first, second and third place winners being chosen.
Counties adopt plans for their own competitions. McKenzie County's Grades 1-5 take a written test of 25 words. Grades 6.7&8 follow the national rules and are given a test of 50 written words. The top 3 spellers from the 6th, 7th and 8th grades compete in the oral spelldown.
The first three places in each grade are as follows:
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2017 Spelling Bee Winners
1st Grade
1. Delia Livingston, Watford City
2. Mackenzie Trautmann, Watford City
3. James Dean, Alexander
2nd Grade
1. Brittastina Lassey, East Fairview
2. Ty Paulsen, East Fairview
3. Nolan Kimball, Alexander
3rd Grade
1. Kalhan Alyadumi, Watford City
2. Harley Wright, Watford City
3. Colte Phelan, Mandaree
4th Grade
1. (tie)Landon Vetter, Watford City; Elijah Katt, Watford City
2. (tie)Jonni Sanborn, Alexander; Sawyer Rafferty, Watford City
3. (tie)Jacob Adams, JCCA; Brooke Rykhus, Alexander
5th Grade
1. Kayla Sullivan, Watford City
2. Max Heen, Alexander
3. (tie)Emma Blankenship, Watford City; Kree Hartel, Watford City
6th Grade
1. Serenity Voisin, Watford City
2. Boris Fillipe, Watford City
3. Hayden LaDue, Alexander
7th Grade
1. (tie)Jaksy Patterson, Watford City; Christian Lassey, East Fairview
2. Riley Bushnell, East Fairview
8th Grade
1. Sumaiyah Alyadumi, Watford City
2. (tie)Josiah Duckworth, JCCA; Bradyn Modine, Alexander; Samantha Riggs, Alexander
The top three spellers in grades 6,7,&8 advance to the oral finals. Those nine participants draw for position in the oral spell down. Each speller then spells five words in each round. The top two spellers will advance to the state competition, with 3rd place being the alternate.
After three rounds of oral finals, the winners were: Ashley Karst, Sumaiyah Alyadumi, Jonah Lehto
OVERALL WINNERS – 1st Sumaiyah Alyadumi, 2nd Hayden LaDue, 3rd Samantha Riggs
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