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January 12, 2022
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5th grader aces Spelling Bee
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcnnet
T.G. Scott Elementary 5th grader Chey
enne Simpson is the 2022 Spelling Bee
champion of Monroe County Schools. She
sealed her win in the 13th round on Monday
night, Jan. 10 by correctly spelling “corridor”
and will go on to represent Monroe County
in the district Spelling Bee on February 26.
The top 25 spellers in Monroe County
schools grades 4-8 were invited to the com
petition at Monroe County Fine Arts Center
where family members and friends watched
them take the stage and try to conquer the
inconsistencies of spelling in the English
language. This year there was also a new
twist in the challenge as a vocabulary round
was added as the third round in the Spell
ing Bee. Students were given two definitions
for a word and had to choose the correct
one. They could even ask for the spelling of
the word as they determined their choice.
Although students had practiced for the
vocabulary round at their schools, as they
had for the spelling competition, vocabulary
proved to be the stumbling block for two
participants, sending them off the stage to
the sidelines.
Cheyenne had the dubious honor of being
#1 in the order of participants; she was first
to start the Spelling Bee in each new round.
However, she did not seem phased by going
first or by anything else in the competition.
She projected poise and confidence each
time she approached the microphone and
smoothly delivered her correct response.
Cheyennes proud mother, Ashley Wilkes,
attributed some of her 5th graders confi
dence to her being the third of three siblings
to do well in Monroe County’s spelling bees.
She said both Cheyennes brother and sister
had made it to the final rounds although not
able to take home the top trophy as had their
little sister.
With the national college football title to
be decided in a game starting just after the
Monroe County Spelling Bee, Pam Wacter,
who had the duty of pronouncing words
for contestants, started the Bee by asking
Superintendent Dr. Mike Hickman to spell
the name of the canine team playing in the
game, with the place of origin for the word
being Athens, Ga. Hickman correctly spelled
“DAWGS”.
After the practice round, students correctly
spelled words from “gusto” to “goggles”
with only one incorrect response in the first
round. Round two was the end for four
spellers as others spelled “wrenches” and
“sitcom” correctly. After the vocabulary
2022 Spelling Bee Champ
Cheyenne Simpson
round, Round four only tripped up one
speller who put a single r’ in “irregular;” in
Round five one speller went down on “de
pendable.” Round six took out three spellers,
one of them asked to spell the name of the
British game “conkers,” showing that being
a successful speller calls for a wide general
knowledge as well as understanding phonet
ics and commonly used terms.
By Round nine there were three spellers
left, Cheyenne and 6th graders Foster Groe-
bner and Thomas Berg. Groebner continued
through Round 11, and Bergs misspelling
came in Round 12, making him the runner-
up in the 2022 Spelling Bee. He will repre
sent Monroe County in the District Bee if
for some reason Cheyenne can’t.
Cheyenne is the daughter of Ashley Wilkes
and Christopher Simpson.
Other top spellers in Monroe County
schools are Alexis Wright, Kaleb Allen,
Foster Groebner, Thomas Berg, Fuke Wu,
Trenton Jones, Ka’mari Clowers, Olivia
Dietz, Travis Gowey, Kayson Swint, Fayne
Scoggins, Henley Farmer, Alyssa Waldrup,
Ethan Cochran, Dalton Powell, Harmony
Bass, Carli Davis, Angel Goodson, Kamryn
Vannier, Fogan Bertram. Four other spellers
qualified at their school but didn’t compete
in the system-wide Spelling Bee: Karmyn
King, Mason Holloway, Terri Flournoy,
Carla Focus.
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