Putnam County Schools kicked off the 2024 academic event season this Tuesday with the highly anticipated Putnam County Spelling Bee hosted at Buffalo High School and sponsored by the Putnam County Library. School Spelling Bee Champions at the elementary and middle school levels competed for the coveted county champion title and the opportunity to represent Putnam County at the 2024 Gazette-Mail Regional Online Spelling Bee.
Tamara Rader of Winfield Middle spelled the anticipated championship word “rhythmically” in the 15th round to become the 2024 Putnam County Spelling Bee Champion! Spelling Bee Runner-Up was returning county speller Ava Young, an elementary student at Teays Valley Christian. Tamara and Ava will advance to the Regional Bee this March, administered using the Scripps Online Platform. The winner of the Regional Bee will represent the state of West Virginia at the national competition in Washington, D.C.
A special Spelling Bee thank you to our guest pronouncer Putnam County Library Director Megan Tarbett and judges Lynda Rumbaugh, Elizabeth Hoh, and Susan Beck!
Congratulations to our new Spelling Bee Champion, Tamara, and Runner-Up, Ava! We are honored to have you represent Putnam County. We wish you the best of luck advancing to the next round of the competition!
Congratulations to all 2024 Putnam County School Spelling Bee Champions:
Buffalo Elementary, Caidy Wright
Calvary Baptist (Elementary), Ella Dunn
Calvary Baptist (Middle), Leah DeGroff
Confidence Elementary, Falcon McClung
Conner Street Elementary, Lilliana Kise
Eastbrook Elementary, Jefferson Moffatt
George Washington Elementary, Ason Moore
George Washington Middle, Clover Gibson
Hometown Elementary, Harper Pickering
Hurricane Town Elementary, Luca Malhotra
Hurricane Middle, Evan Taylor
Lakeside Elementary, Lucas Easter
Mountain View Elementary, Charlotte Hunt
Poca Elementary, Eli Aliff
Poca Middle, Ruston Fisher
Rock Branch Elementary, Aubrey Dawson
Scott Teays Elementary, Asher Knott
Teays Valley Christian (Elementary), Ava Young
Teays Valley Christian (Middle), Ashtin Atwood
West Teays Elementary, Rylee Caldwell
Winfield Elementary, Teeghan Payne
Winfield Middle, Tamara Rader