VEW 3rd graders compete in spelling bee

Congratulations to VEW's top spellers including Constance Ogden, Hollie Hardman, Dakota Abeel, Mellanique Leschorn, Sam Yoder, Charis Garlock, Anna Wheeler, Brooke Cafario, Larry Axtell,Cole Thompson, Olivia Snavely, Maia Schlecter, Jessica Hillman and Helaina Hojnoski.

After competing in their classroom bees, the fourteen students were chosen to participate in the thirdgrade spelling bee. The winning word, fury, was spelled correctly by Helaina Hojnoski.

"That was the one word she always misspelled when we were practicing," her grandmother said after the bee.

Olivia Snavely was the runner-up.

TOP-The winner of the spelling bee, Helaina Hojnoski. BOTTOM-VEW's top spellers including Constance Ogden, Hollie Hardman, Dakota Abeel, Mellanique Leschorn, Sam Yoder, Charis Garlock, Anna Wheeler, Brooke Cafario, Larry Axtell, Cole Thompson, Olivia Snavely, Maia Schlecter, Jessica Hillman and Helaina Hojnoski.