Willow Bend Spanish Spelling Bee Participants Advance to Regional Contest

Five outstanding spellers will compete at the Regional Spanish Spelling Bee.

On Friday, 3rd-5th grade students in the dual language program at Willow Bend Elementary participated in the school’s Spanish Spelling Bee. Of the fifteen participants, the students that placed in 1st-5th place will have the opportunity to compete in the Regional Spanish Spelling Bee at Texas Tech University on November 5. In the event that one of these students are unable to compete, the 6th place alternate will take their position.

Spanish spelling bees can be quite different than English spelling bees.

“It’s very challenging as they have to indicate which letters have accents, tildes, etc.” explained Darby Pilgrim, media specialist for Willow Bend.

The winning words were “characterística” and “dicctionario”.

Congratulations to the following winners:

1st Place- Anahi Arballo, 5th grade

2nd Place- Jacob Rodriguez, 5th grade

3rd Place- Gustavo Diaz Perez, 5th grade

4th Place-Xitlaly Nunez, 4th grade

5th Place- Jesus Rodriguez, 5th grade

Alternate Gladys Chavez, 5th grade