GASD students head to the 26th annual Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctor's Theatre

More than 40 students from the Greater Amsterdam School District and St. Mary’s Institute participated in the annual spelling bee Tuesday, Feb. 5.
 

The winners finalists were Robert Brumley, Andrew DiSalvi, Michael Hugo, Connor McClary and Ben Patrick, all of whom attend Lynch Literacy Academy.
 

They now head to the 26th annual Capital Region Spelling Bee, which will be held Monday, March 10 at 5 p.m. at Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady. The champion of the Capital Region Spelling Bee will win an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete in the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee from May 25-31.
 

The students who participated in GASD's spelling bee were:

Barkley Elementary

Rachel Bornt

Emily Hard

Adrian Marcano

Tyler Nordby

Noah Schaufelberg

Jesse Wood
 

Marie Curie Institute

Ryan Blakely

Tory Gutierrez

Amea Hammonds

Roberto Hernandez

Alanna Kaminski

Taylor Lawton
 

McNulty Academy

Justin Bishop

Sebastian DeLuca

Chantel Dopp

Anthony Foglia

Alec Opalka

Teddy Picciocca
 

Tecler Elementary

Randy Farley

Theodore Francisco

Madison Healy

Westly Polanco

Trista Raczes

Gabriella Santiago
 

Lynch Academy

Robert Brumley

Andrew DiSalvi

Michael Hugo

Edward Korona

Connor McClary

Ben Patrick

Randy Roginski

Sam Spagnola
 

St. Mary's Institute

Meghan Cartwright

Evelyn Draus

Cristiana Johnson

Veronica Marsh

Tyler McNeil

Matthew Swart

Kelsey Thompson

Alianna Zevola