Mountain Vista Elementary Spelling Bee
(l-r) Quan Nguyen, Spelling Bee Runner-Up and Fred Ponce, Spelling Bee Champ By Anonymous — Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Spelling Bee Champ Fred Ponce Excitement and tension filled the room as Mountain Vista Elementary competitors completed a 2-day Spelling Bee. The competition was inconclusive on Wednesday, so the event was paused and resumed for a finale later that week. Fred Ponce was declared the Spelling Bee Champ after five rounds when he correctly spelled the word “lousy” on Friday, January 18, 2013. Quan Nguyen, runner-up, will accompany Ponce to the Ventura County Star Spelling Bee to be held Saturday, March 2, 2013, at CSUCI campus. |