FR&A Pictorial: FPS Students Compete In First Spelling Bee, Enjoy ‘Night of Words’
Words ruled the night at Franklin Park School Dec. 5 as students participated in the inaugural Spelling Bee and Night of Words.
Organized by teachers Priya Kharawala and Stacey Young, the evening was both a competition and game night.
While the 1st and 2nd graders were competing in the spelling bee, the 3rd and 4th graders were participating in word-based activities in classrooms, Kharawala said.
The grades traded activities when the first spelling bee was completed.
To qualify for the bee, students were given spelling tests by their teachers, Young said. The top spellers from each class in the four grades were entered into the Dec. 5 finals, she said.
The words given to the students in the bee were age-appropriate. In addition to Kharawala and Young, the judges were school principal Nicole Scott and vice principal Albert Fico.
The winners were:
1st Grade:
First Place: Saisha Pai
Runner-Up: Cameron Castillo
2nd Grade:
First Place: Vikram Renganathan
Runner-Up: Adom Boateng
3rd Grade:
First Place: Arjo Guhamazumder
Runner-Up: Michael Masters
4th Grade:
First Place: Emma Mun
Runner-Up: Yuvna Musuku
Also competing were:
First Grade: Ajay Dasbiswas, Jason Wilson, Dylan patel, Kendra Daley, Dylan Shah and Marcus Mills.
Second Grade: Joseph John, Shreyas Musuku, Krish Patel, Henry Ciaburri, Benjamin Perry and Aanya Tolat.
Third Grade: Aarav Fatnani, Aditya Nagamalla, Adani Nunuz, Anay Upadhyay and Haiya Solanki.
Fourth Grade: Christopher Liem, Anya Shah, Ryan Kpamegan and Sohan Patel.