Bee participants honored by Board of Education
Fourth- and fifth-graders put their knowledge of the world, the past and
the written word to the test as participants of school’s National
Geographic Bee, National History Bee and Scripps Spelling Bee.
Although they took the tests already, Principal Thomas Meehan continued
to pose questions in those academic areas to the numerous students who
were named champions in the school’s Bees as they were honored at a
recent Board of Education meeting.
“We are so proud of their accomplishments and the opportunities offered
through our SEAL program,” said Meehan, of the school’s Studies
Enriching Academic Learning program for students in grade 3-5, headed by
Dr. Kate Zvokel.
School Spelling Bee champions are fifth-graders Isabelle Chen and
runner-up Sara Freitas. National History Bee School Champions took a
multiple-choice test, which qualified them to move forward to both the
regional exam and the regional finals. Those students are fifth-graders
Jan Goldgaber, Aoife Hogan, Max Joyner, Ana Kelly, Leo Marsala, Evan
Monaghan, Jack Snyder and Christian Urea; and fourth-graders Christopher
Nam and Max Kronberg.
In the SEAL National Geographic Bee, five winners from each grades’ SEAL
class competed against one another. The first-place winner took an
online exam to qualify for the state bee. Those students are
fourth-graders Christopher Nam and Mari Fukuto and fifth-grader Emily
Snyder who won first, second and third, respectively.