Article by Phoenix writer Colleen Bayley ’23:
The Brother Joseph C. Fox Latin School held its annual Spelling Bee on Tuesday, October 26th. All Students participated in spelling competitions in their English classes; the winner and runner up from that class would move on to the general school Spelling Bee.
The students were then escorted to the gymnasium to watch and cheer on their classmates. There were a total of 32 sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade students that competed.
The first round began with simpler words, and every round was more difficult than the previous one. Seven rounds later, Squire Matthew Ippolito easily won first place. The anticipation rose in the crowds as the position for runner up was being battled out between Squire Colton Greene and Tyro Gabriel Garo.
The rules for the final rounds were if a contestant spells a word incorrectly the other competitor must spell that word correctly along with a new word. These rounds went back and forth between these two students multiple times, until finally Tyro Gabriel was announced the runner-up for the 2021 Spelling Bee.
Matthew Ippolito will soon compete in the local spelling competition. Congratulations to Matthew, Gabriel and all the contestants who competed in this year’s Spelling Bee!