Students shine at Cedar Heights Middle School Spelling Bee

Published 4:53 pm Monday, March 4, 2013

Justin Englund, Janae Wade and Nyerere Partee Jr. captured the top spots at the Cedar Heights Middle School Spelling Bee on Saturday.

The competition was open to fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students.

Englund, a fifth-grader at Meridian Elementary, took first place, followed by Partee Jr., a sixth-grader at Cedar Valley Elementary, and Wade, a sixth-grader at Cedar River Middle School (Tahoma).

The three students completed four rounds before the top two were selected. The top two participants went five rounds before a winner was declared.

The winner received a Kindle Fire and advances to the regional bee in Seattle.