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St. Michael School student wins Wake County Spelling Bee

Submitted by KeungHui on 02/26/2011 - 18:49
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Congratulation to Catherine Wagner for winning today's Wake County Spelling Bee.

Wagner, 13, an eighth-grader at St. Michael School in Cary, came out on top of a field that included 78 competitors, mostly from the Wake County school system. The event lasted more than 4 1/2 hours and 23 rounds.

Wagner's prizes will include an all-expenses paid trip in June to Washington D.C. for the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Wagner will be the first student to represent Wake in the national competition since 1997.

This opportunity was made possible when PAGE of Wake County stepped up to the plate to be the main sponsor of the countywide bee.

Abijah Samuel, 11, a sixth-grader at East Cary Middle School finished in second place.

Michelle Dai, 10, a fourth-grader at Dillard Drive Elementary School in Raleigh finished in third place.

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this means that all wcpss

Mon, 02/28/2011 - 11:12 — JonesSausage

this means that all wcpss students are dumb, right?

It was a great day in Wake

Sun, 02/27/2011 - 12:03 — NC4kids

It was a great day in Wake County of action of emphasizing and rewarding academic excellence in our community!  Congratulations to the winner and ALL of the students who competed yesterday.  The children had all studied so much and were so prepared that it took so many rounds!  It was a tough competition!  Best wishes to Catherine at the National Scripps Bee! Kudos to all the parents, teachers, Bee Coordinators, Principals, volunteers and sponsors in making this event such a success!

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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