CYPRESS TEXAS — Black Elementary School fifth-grade student William Choi-Kim won first place by correctly spelling the word illicitly in the 22nd round of the annual districtwide Elementary Spelling Bee, held at the Berry Center on Jan. 29.
Black Elementary fifth-grade student William Choi-Kim correctly spelled the word illicitly in the 22nd round to win the Elementary Spelling Bee on Jan. 29.
Gleason Elementary School fourth-grade student Shomili Ghosh was the runner-up. Both Choi-Kim and Ghosh will compete in the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee, scheduled to be televised live from the University of Houston on March 23.
Gleason fifth-grade student Shomili Ghosh will join Black Elementary fifth-grade student William Choi-Kim at the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee after finishing as runner-up at the CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee on Jan. 29.
“All of our spellers impressed the spelling bee officials and audience members with their poise and confidence. The students should be very proud of themselves,” said Gaye Stuchly, CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee coordinator. “The dedication and diligence each of the students spent preparing for the district Elementary Spelling Bee was evident in their performance. Our students should be commended for going above and beyond their everyday learning in order to strive for excellence.”
Black Elementary staff members congratulate fifth-grade student William Choi-Kim after he won the CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee on Jan. 29 at the Berry Center.
Nearly 60 spellers will qualify for the regional bee. The top two spellers will qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 26-31. For more information visit http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/education/spelling-bee/.
The Spelling Bee champions who represented their respective elementary schools at the district competition are:
| Campus | Name | Grade |
| Adam | Anvi Bhat | 4 |
| Andre’ | Oluwatishe Odejide | 4 |
| Ault | Joshua Keene | 4 |
| Bane | Nigel Belfield | 5 |
| Bang | Kenneth Rijo-Ortega | 5 |
| Birkes | Joshua Lee | 5 |
| Black | William Choi-Kim | 5 |
| Copeland | Matthew Gray | 4 |
| Danish | Holly Nguyen | 4 |
| Duryea | Melanie Ramos | 5 |
| Emery | Muhammad Abdul Rehman | 5 |
| Emmott | Ian Onyango | 5 |
| Farney | Katherine Tiangco | 5 |
| Fiest | Grace Huynh | 3 |
| Francone | Jonathan Chen | 3 |
| Frazier | Tiffany Luu | 4 |
| Gleason | Shomili Ghosh | 5 |
| Hairgrove | Sarah Taliaferro | 4 |
| Hamilton | Oishani Banerjee | 5 |
| Hancock | Sharla Tucaling | 3 |
| Hemmenway | Kaira Washington | 5 |
| Holbrook | Edyin Tatum | 5 |
| Holmsley | Emily Teoh | 5 |
| Horne | Phillip Choi | 5 |
| Jowell | Madelyn Jackson | 5 |
| Keith | Vanshikha Sriram | 5 |
| Kirk | Mikey Jung | 5 |
| Lamkin | Amikael Rosario-Torres | 5 |
| Lee | Aroob Latif | 3 |
| Lieder | Eden Nguyen | 5 |
| Lowery | Jack Brewer | 4 |
| Matzke | Basit Quraishi | 4 |
| McFee | Oyebola Olugboye | 5 |
| Metcalf | Edwardia Fosah | 5 |
| Millsap | Allison Sarwon | 5 |
| Moore | Anuraag Karnam | 4 |
| Owens | Kevin Hu | 3 |
| Pope | Meera Narwani | 4 |
| Post | Benjamin Trevino | 5 |
| Postma | Colton Mosley | 4 |
| Reed | Jonas Parker | 5 |
| Rennell | Kaitlyn Tumewu | 5 |
| M. Robinson | Glaiza Cerezo | 5 |
| A. Robison | Peyton Cockle | 3 |
| Sampson | Dylan Zhong | 4 |
| Sheridan | Jonathan Nguyen | 4 |
| Swenke | Resa Rodrigues | 4 |
| Tipps | Bao Nguyen | 4 |
| Walker | Jonathan Benitez | 3 |
| Warner | Alyssa Hoang | 5 |
| Wells | Giriish Purushothaman | 4 |
| Willbern | Stella Yau | 5 |
| Wilson | Anna Nguyen | 5 |
| Woodard | Samarth Gulannavar | 4 |
| Yeager | Snehal Srishti | 5 |
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