Newsroom | Archive 2006
Corona student wins Spelling Bee
 Ginny Wu, an eighth grader from Corona Fundamental Intermediate School, correctly spelled the word "traitorous" to win the 29 th Annual Riverside County Spelling Bee March 29 at Martin Luther King High School.
She will represent Riverside County at the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 31 facing 250 champion spellers from around the country.
Twenty-five students from all Riverside County school districts except three -- Riverside Unified, Perris and Perris Union High -- and four private schools participated in this year’s event. Wu previously won the county event in 2004 and competed in the national event.
After 20 rounds, Wu outlasted Brandon Whitehead, a fourth-grader from Camino Real Elementary School in the Jurupa Unified School District, who finished second. He tripped on "banally," an adverb that describes something done in a common or trite manner.
Whitehead and third-place finisher Austin Pineda, a sixth-grader at Boulder Ridge Elementary in Romoland, will represent Riverside County at the state competition at Sonoma State University on May 20. The state competition is open only to students in fourth through sixth grades.
The Riverside County Spelling Bee is co-sponsored by the Riverside County Office of Education and The Press-Enterprise.
The following district winners and alternates participated:
Elizabeth Naameh, 8th Grade, Villegas Middle School, Alvord USD
*Sarah Burdett, 5th Grade, Rosemary Kennedy Elementary
Bridget Benhar, 7th Grade, Nicolet Middle School, Banning USD
*Tre’zure Glover, 7th Grade, Nicolet Middle School
Alyssa Tugung, 5th Grade, Three Rings Ranch Elementary School, Beaumont USD
*Molly Cox, 5th Grade, Three Rings Ranch Elementary
Jose Duarte, 6th Grade, Valley View Elementary School, Coachella Valley USD
Erendira Rodriguez, 5th Grade, Saul Martinez Elementary
Ginny Wu, 8th Grade, Corona Fundamental Intermediate School, Corona-Norco USD
*John-Kevin Catuira, 6th Grade, El Cerrito Middle School
Daniela Juarez, 8th Grade, Eagle Mountain School, Desert Center USD
*Cole Brunton, 8th Grade, Eagle Mountain School Eden Ohayon, 8th Grade, Palm Desert Middle School, Desert Sands USD
*Joshua Bellows, 8th Grade, John Glenn Middle School
Hiren Kolli, 6th Grade, Dartmouth Middle School, Hemet USD
*Archana Ganta, 5th Grade, Valle Vista Elementary School
Brandon Whitehead, 4th Grade, Camino Real Elementary School, Jurupa USD
*Samantha Helstrom, 8th Grade, Mission Middle School
Mary (Kate) Chapin, 7th Grade, Canyon Lake Middle School, Lake Elsinore USD
*Ali Saad, 7th Grade, Elsinore Middle School
Rachel Haggard, 8th Grade, Linfield Christian Middle School
*Tyler Fahrion, 8th Grade, Linfield Christian Middle School
Jan Olitoquit, 4th Grade, Oak Meadows Elementary School, Menifee USD
*Brian Zhao, 5th Grade, Freedom Crest Elementary School
David Shin, 8th Grade, Mountain View Middle School, Moreno Valley USD
*Anika Alam, 7th Grade, Landmark Middle School
Alex Pham, 7th Grade, Warm Springs Middle School, Murrieta Valley USD
*Joel Derrick Tiu, 7th Grade, Shivela Middle School
Taylor Henry, 5th Grade, Valley View Elementary School, Nuview USD
*Chris Zazueta, 8th Grade, Mountain Shadows Middle School
Risa Canonizado, 8th Grade, James Workman Middle School, Palm Springs USD
* Bernard Beronio, 6th Grade, Raymond Cree Middle School
Davion Johnson, 5th Grade, Ruth Brown Elementary School, Palo Verde USD
* Jamie J. Yi, 5th Grade, Margaret White Elementary School
Christina Finney, 7th Grade, St. Thomas the Apostle Riverside Catholic School
*Marissa Tenorio, 8th Grade, St. Francis de Sales
Amine Elhafsi, 6th Grade, Riverside Garden Elementary School
*Amira Elhafsi, 4th Grade, Riverside Garden Elementary School
Austin Pineda, 6th Grade, Boulder Ridge Elementary School, Romoland USD
*Maxinne Hernandez, 4th Grade, Romoland Elementary School
Cheryl Vipond, 8th Grade, North Mountain Middle School, San Jacinto USD
*Kyler Shields, 6th Grade, North Mountain Middle School
Ryan Garcia, 5th Grade, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School
*Amanda Owens, 5th Grade, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School
Chris Meckes, 8th Grade, Temecula Preparatory School
*Juliana Karma, 8th Grade, Temecula Preparatory School
Adam Leikness, 7th Grade, Temecula Middle School, Temecula Valley USD
*Fatima Butler, 8th Grade, Temecula Middle School
Bryan Duzon, 7th Grade, Lakeside Middle School, Val Verde USD
*Andrew Melendez, 5th Grade, El Potrero Elementary School
*alternates
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us
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