Schools
Another Spelling Bee Champ Moving on to Regionals
Woodland student Renata Quinto defeated 17 contestants during the schools' competition, making her the regional representative at the Feb. 9 Scripps Spelling Bee.
Renata Quinto, a Woodland Middle School student, captured first place in the school's 2014 spelling bee and now advances to the regional competition of the Scripps Spelling Bee at Hofstra University next month, according to the East Meadow School District.
Renata defeated 17 contestants during the school's competition, making her the regional representative at the Feb. 9 competition, a district press release said.
The following East Meadow School District students qualified to compete in the annual school spelling bee:
- Rayaa Anglada
- Patrick Cruz
- Ashley Dacanay
- Jack Katz
- Zahra Lakhani
- Kevin Martin
- Mariel Mathew
- Nigel McKnight
- Esha Misra
- Natalia Murillo
- Matthew Owens
- Anjali Sharma
- Adeel Sheikh
- Elisabeth Shin
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