Announcing the Top Elementary School Spellers in Stanislaus County
Posted December 2, 2021
Top spellers from area schools competed in the Stanislaus County Elementary Spelling Championship on November 30 and December 1, 2021. Sponsored by the Stanislaus County Office of Education, the Elementary Spelling Championship for children in grades 4-6 took place virtually on November 30, 2021. The top spellers advanced to the Competition Round held the following night at the Martin G. Petersen Event Center in Modesto. Chris Dempsey, La Loma Junior High School educator, served as the Spelling Master and volunteers from each school site served as proctors.
The top two spellers in the Elementary Spelling Championship are Armand Soriente from Sonoma Elementary and Deen Wafa from Agnes Baptist School. The champions spelled words correctly including hypochondriac, reconnaissance, and plagiarize.
Soriente and Wafa will represent Stanislaus County at the state competition in Stockton on May 14, 2022. Alternate winner, Diego Hernandez from Hunt Elementary, will attend the state competition if Deen or Armand is unable to represent Stanislaus County.
The following students received a gold or silver medal.
Gold Medal Winners:
|
Name |
School |
Grade Level |
|
Madeline Conteh |
Bret Harte |
6 |
|
Alexander Cruz |
Rose Avenue |
6 |
|
Ali Dagher |
Stanislaus |
5 |
|
Enzo Esteban |
Lakewood |
6 |
|
Kirpa Gill |
Julien |
6 |
|
Nathan Huerta |
Bonita |
4 |
|
Sonja Hutsell |
Great Valley Academy |
4 |
|
Aidan Liwag |
Our Lady of Fatima |
6 |
|
Belen Lopez-Harburu |
Fremont |
5 |
|
Brody Newton |
Walnut |
5 |
|
Nathan Paul |
Fremont |
6 |
|
Chloe Saed |
Walnut |
6 |
|
Advaita Singh |
Julien |
4 |
|
Navya Thogarucheeti |
Lakewood |
4 |
|
Adam Yakligian |
Fair Oaks |
4 |
Silver Medal Winners:
|
Name |
School |
Grade Level |
|
Victoria Aldaz |
California Avenue |
5 |
|
Eleza Alves |
Our Lady of Fatima |
6 |
|
Arjun Basra |
Stanislaus |
6 |
|
Cassidy Borges |
Hickman |
6 |
|
Jayden Brown |
Dieterich |
6 |
|
Brynna Butler |
Denair Charter Academy |
5 |
|
Juliette Conde |
Denair |
5 |
|
Tianna Coulter |
Eisenhut |
5 |
|
Rachel Dayton |
Hickman |
6 |
|
Cortez Gacayan |
Hart-Ransom |
6 |
|
Roselyn Garcia Haro |
Hunt |
5 |
|
Calvin Giambelluca |
Keyes Charter |
5 |
|
Esmeralda Gonzalez |
Ross |
6 |
|
Claudia Guerrero Gomez |
Sipherd |
6 |
|
Gavin Herndon |
Hughes |
6 |
|
Noeli Jimenez |
Riverbank Language Academy |
6 |
|
Yuleyka Jimenez |
Chatom |
5 |
|
Isabello Johnson |
Fairview |
6 |
|
Layla Kassahn |
Magnolia |
6 |
|
James Larra |
Sacred Heart |
6 |
|
Daniel Lopez |
Martone |
6 |
|
Natalia Ortega Baez |
Cloverland |
6 |
|
Alejandro Osmundson |
Riverbank Language Academy |
5 |
|
Serynatie Patterson |
Chatom |
5 |
|
Audrina Pesaleli |
Hart-Ransom |
5 |
|
Cameron Poblete |
Our Lady of Fatima |
6 |
|
Samantha Pulido |
Keyes |
5 |
|
Musa Radwan |
Connecting Waters Charter |
5 |
|
Paulina Reynoso |
Hurd Barrington |
5 |
|
Sean Riley |
Great Valley Academy |
6 |
|
Mohammad Samadi |
Empire |
6 |
|
Gia Sanchez |
Ross |
6 |
|
Joab Segura Padilla |
Chrysler |
6 |
|
Jayleen Silva |
Sacred Heart |
6 |
|
Samarjit Singh |
Hughes |
5 |
|
Thaila Tabor |
Sipherd |
6 |
|
Fabian Tafolla |
Fox |
4 |
|
Krystelle Valencia |
Connecting Waters Central Valley |
4 |
|
Carter Van Gaalen |
Keyes Charter |
6 |
|
Chance Van Horn |
Enslen |
5 |
|
Eliana Villanueva |
California Avenue |
5 |
|
Julian Whiteside |
Ross |
6 |
|
Alonso Zavala |
Keyes |
5 |
