The Christian County Literacy Council hosted its first spelling bee for students and awarded prizes to six participants Tuesday night at the Alhambra Theatre.
The winners in the division for third through fifth grades were: Annabelle Burley, fifth grade, a homeschooler; John Carson Vergara, third grade, Indian Hills Elementary; and Graham Westerfield, fifth grade, Sinking Fork Elementary.
In the division for grades six through eight, the winners were: Emily Voss, eighth grade, a homeschooler; Prisha Shah, sixth grade, University Heights Academy; and Brooklyn Martinez, sixth grade, South Christian Elementary.
Literacy Council director Francene Gilmer told Hoptown Chronicle that organizers hope to offer the spelling bee again next year.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
