The Michael J. Haukap Knights of Columbus Council held the 2018 Spelling Bee at Aviston Elementary in March. Over 90 students in grades 5-8 participated. The initial round was held in the students’ homerooms, with the finals held in the gym for the final 32 students. Thanks to Dr. Kampwerth for being the moderator and to Mrs. Niemeyer, Mrs. Toeben, & Mrs. Chiarolanza for being official judges. 8th grader, Cole Jones, won third place, while 8th grader, Mallory Markus earned 2nd, and Cohen Wiegers, a 7th grader, won the bee by spelling the words”appendectomy” and “extenuation” in the final round!
Cohen, Mallory, & Cole qualified to attend the Knights of Columbus Regional Spelling Bee held at Aviston Elementary March 24.
Thanks again to the Aviston Knights of Columbus for providing this opportunity for our students!

The ROE #13 Clinton/Marion County Regional Office of Education also sponsors a spelling bee for all local schools on April 19 at Centralia High School.
Cohen & Mallory will represent Aviston at this spelling bee.!

Congratulations on representing Aviston well!

Knights of Columbus representative Jerome Rakers, Cohen Wiegers (1st place), Mallory Markus (2nd place), Cole Jones (3rd place), Piper Kujawa (Alt.), & Tammy Kuper (Coordinator).