Congratulations...

…to G. R. Dulac, 6th grade, who recently placed second in the state competition for the Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee, held last weekend in Standish, Michigan. GR took second place to the same student with whom he went head-to-head in the regional competition (during which they went 130 rounds before declaring a winner)!

In the end, it came down to a “secret list” of words that neither had seen – and tough words they were! His opponent, Sean Gowdy, got the first word on the list, "orangutan". Then G.R. got the word "penitentiary", which both of them missed. Then they both missed on the word "sesquicentennial" giving G.R. the word, "trachea", which G.R. spelled with an "-ia.” Sean spelled trachea correctly, and then spelled "vernacular" to win the bee.