Eighth-grader Sam Elliott won the Burke County Public Schools spelling bee for the second year in a row.
Spelling Bee winner Sam Elliott from East Burke Middle School, left, accepts his trophy from Deputy Superintendent Karen Auton.
Elliott, a student at East Burke Middle School, won the competition by correctly spelling, “gelatinous.†He out-spelled 18 other students from elementary and middle schools in the county to keep the Lillian Butler Trophy at his school.
Liberty Middle School’s Annabel McCauley was the runner up. Other school level winners and district participants were:
From left, Director of Secondary Education Desarae Kirkpatrick, Spelling Bee runner up Annabel McCauley, Deputy Superintendent Karen Auton, winner Sam Elliott and Freedom High School teacher Caroline Butler, who is a relative of the trophy’s namesake Lillian Butler, all pose for a photo.
From left, Spelling Bee winner Sam Elliott is pictured with his dad, Dana, and mom, Deidria Elliott, Deputy Superintendent Karen Auton, Freedom High School teacher Caroline Butler, who is a relative of the trophy’s namesake Lillian Butler, and East Burke Middle School Principal Karen Goins.
