Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCS) held its annual spelling bee on January 17. After multiple spelling and vocabulary rounds, Orrs Elementary Student Charlie Hollums won with the word “monopolize.”
The district runner-up is Carver Road Middle School Student Carter Dupree.
The annual spelling bee is open to grades 4-8. Each GSCS elementary and middle school held a competition in the Fall to select one student to advance to the district level (and one alternate who participates in the district bee only if the winner is unavailable).
The Griffin-Spalding chapter of the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) awarded the winner and the runner-up with trophies and gift cards.
Charlie Hollums will compete against students from seven other counties in the GAE Regional Spelling Bee on February 22 in Conyers.