Winner Bryce Godwin and Parents

On January 21, 2022, students competed in a nail-biting performance at Dinwiddie County Public Schools 2022 Spelling Bee held at the School Board Office in Dinwiddie, Virginia.  The winner, Bryce Godwin, is a 6th grader at Dinwiddie Middle School (DMS) in Mrs. Stroud’s English class.  He then went on the compete at the state level. The runner up in our countywide spelling bee was Hannah Pecht, 4th grader at Dinwiddie Elementary School in Ms. Eubank’s class.

Other school winners include: Weston Athey – Midway Elementary, Khalil Mason-Gholson – Southside Elementary, Quentin Walker-Zorn – Sunnyside Elementary, and Conner Boyle – Sutherland Elementary. Alternates selected were: Roger Franzyshen – Dinwiddie Middle School, Avery Ragsdale – Dinwiddie Elementary, Kayla Tortorice – Midway Elementary, Bejamin Crockett – Southside Elementary, Tori Ankiel – Sunnyside Elementary, and Ariyanna Lee – Sutherland Elementary.

Bryce and Ms. Minetree

Thanks to our judges, Christie Fleming, Christie Clarke, and Bonnie Gholson and a big, big thank you to Ms. Jeanne Minetree, the librarian at Dinwiddie High School for being our pronouncer.  Kudos to DMS teacher Catina Chapman who was instrumental in setting up the virtual first steps in the process which led Bryce to succeed here in Dinwiddie and at the state level.

Congratulations to all our Spelling Bee winners!