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COCONINO COUNTY — Cheryl Mango-Paget, County Superintendent of Schools, would like to announce Coconino County’s 2021 Spelling BEE winner is Mae Ann Bradford from Basis.ed.
She was determined the winner after 2 tiebreakers were completed. Congratulations Mae Ann on winning the 2021 County Spelling Bee! You should be incredibly proud knowing your efforts and skills paid off and contributed to your recent achievement. Mae Ann will receive $250 from the Flagstaff Rotary Club and will move on to compete in the March State Spelling Bee.
The County BEE was held online February 11 through February 12, 2021. The 2 tiebreakers were held February 16 through February 19, 2021. Each participating school provided access to the online testing platform for each student participating.
The 2nd place winner is Alex Swain from Sinagua Middle School and the 3rd place winner is Kyleigh Amos from Maine Consolidated School. Alex will receive $150 from Williams Rotary Club and Kyleigh will receive $100 from the Grand Canyon Rotary Club.
Thank you, Spellers, for a job well done! Keep up the hard work for next year!
The 2021 Coconino County Spelling BEE consists of home, public, charter and private school-students from throughout the County who won their school or district Spelling Bee.
Mae Ann Bradford will advance to compete with 26 other top spellers at the state level. The Arizona Educational Foundation State Spelling Bee is scheduled Saturday, March 20, 2021, Location: TBD, Time: TBD.
The winner of the state bee will represent Arizona at the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in late May.
The County Spelling BEE is coordinated and hosted annually by the County Superintendent of Schools Office.
For information, please contact Kandi Slack at (928) 679-8070 or e-mail kslack@coconino.az.gov