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Southern Local held their District Spelling Bee on February 7. Sixteen spellers from grades 5 through 8 competed for the honor to attend the County Spelling Bee. The County Spelling Bee will be held March 2 at Beaver Local.

It took 9(nine) rounds to determine the winners. Round 5 (five), Gemma Jackson and Delaney Beadnell had a spell off to determine who would be the 3rd place winner. Delaney correctly spelled her word to become the 3rd place winner. Addysin Andrenok and Emerson Gotschall competed to determine who would be 1st and 2nd place winners. The 9th Round, Addysin misspelled her word. Emerson correctly spelled dispersal. She correctly spelled lavish to claim the 1st place winner.

Congratulations to all participants!

Row 1 (L to R): Coach K. Marquis, Jacob Crawford, Dylan Davis, Blake Vernon, Lydia Tsesmilles, Eva Weston, Sadie Plunkett

Row 2 (L to R): Christian Johnson, Logan Swick, Jacob Hickman, Payten Crooms, Aaliyah Crooms, Brooke Akers

Row 3 (L to R): Ashtin Pearson, Liam Potts, Grant Ute, Brooklynn Glosser, Jase Owens, Jonathan Akers, Coach J. Pierce

Row 4 (L to R): Layne Weston, Nate Forbes, Sylas Compton, Serenity Wallace, Piper Kellogg, Jason Gotschalk

Row 5 (L to R): Sophia Pierson, Caleb Laudrille, Carter Davis, Maci Ketchum, Savannah Bailey, Kolton Cole

Winners of Home Fire Escape Plan Contest

During fire prevention week at Southern Local Elementary School the Highlandtown Volunteer Fire Department sponsored a Home Fire Plan Contest. Students in Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade were challenged to build a fire escape plan for their home.

The purpose of the plan was to make sure the students knew exactly what to do in the event of a fire within the home. Student escape plans were evaluated by members of the fire department and one winner was selected from each grade level. Each winner was picked up individually in the fire truck and brought to school where they were welcomed by their classmates, Mr. Jeremiah Cole who is the Fire Chief at Highlandtown drove the fire truck each day.