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5th Grader Wins 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee

By eMetro Times | on February 15, 2024 | 0 Comment
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Pictured: 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee winner Aeneas Moore, a fifth grader at Barksdale Elementary, and runner-up Allanah Stanton, a sixth grader at Memorial Middle.

Pictured: 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee winner Aeneas Moore, a fifth grader at Barksdale Elementary, and runner-up Allanah Stanton, a sixth grader at Memorial Middle.

Although spellers faced an additional hurdle this year – vocabulary as well as spelling questions – that didn’t stop Barksdale Elementary fifth grader Aeneas Moore, winner of the 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee, and Memorial Middle sixth grader Allanah Stanton, this year’s runner-up.

Spellers from each of Rockdale County Public Schools 11 elementary schools and four middle schools faced off Friday morning, February 10, 2024 at Edwards Middle School.

Moore said all he could think about while he was up on stage was whether he would win or lose. To prepare for the spelling bee, Moore said, “First, I had my mom test me on some of (the words), then I studied them, and then I got better.”

“It took a lot of practice,” added his mom, Ronda Moore. “We put a lot of hours into studying those words.” The shy, Barksdale fifth grader loves to build things and is an avid Pokémon fan. As a reward for winning the 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee, Ronda Moore said she would get her son a $50 box of Pokémon cards he had been eyeing for months.

The 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee contestants (the winners of their respective school’s spelling bee, with their randomly assigned order number) and their alternates (the runners-up at their school’s spelling bee) were:

Dasani Harper #1 (alternate Nisa Washington) – C.J. Hicks Elementary

Allanah Stanton #2 (alternate Johnathan Albaugh) – Memorial Middle

Aeneas Moore #3 (alternate Nathaniel Reynolds) – Barksdale Elementary

Dylan Allen #4 – Flat Shoals Elementary

Zindzhi Evans #5 (alternate Ja’Kiya Thomas) – Honey Creek Elementary

Allison Jones #6 (alternate Josh Comeau) – Lorraine Elementary

Jayden Bailey #7 (alternate Ayden Vaughn) – Shoal Creek Elementary

Jorri Murray #9 (alternate Jorunee Lackey) – Sims Elementary

Rose Adams #10 (alternate Amairany Underwood) – J.H. House Elementary

Kristy Cooper #11 (alternate Cyras McMillian) – Conyers Middle

Kameron Bolton #12 (alternate Kamylle Norman) – Pine Street Elementary

Matthew Thacker #13 (alternate Gabriel Edmonson) – Edwards Middle

Kendyl Nimmons #14 (alternate Jahmali Hudson) – Hightower Trail Elementary

Anthony Troms #15 (alternate Paige Missick) – Peek’s Chapel Elementary.

Pictured, left to right: The participants (the winners of their respective school's spelling bee, pictured left to right with their randomly assigned order number) of the 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee were Dasani Harper #1 - C.J. Hicks Elementary, Allanah Stanton #2 - Memorial Middle, Aeneas Moore #3 - Barksdale Elementary, Dylan Allen #4 - Flat Shoals Elementary, Zindzhi Evans #5 - Honey Creek Elementary, Allison Jones #6 - Lorraine Elementary, Jayden Bailey #7 - Shoal Creek Elementary, Jorri Murray #9 - Sims Elementary, Rose Adams #10 - J.H. House Elementary, Kristy Cooper #11 - Conyers Middle, Kameron Bolton #12 - Pine Street Elementary, Matthew Thacker #13 - Edwards Middle, Kendyl Nimmons #14 - Hightower Trail Elementary, Anthony Troms #15 - Peek's Chapel Elementary.

Pictured, left to right: The participants (the winners of their respective school’s spelling bee, pictured left to right with their randomly assigned order number) of the 2024 Rockdale County Spelling Bee were Dasani Harper #1 – C.J. Hicks Elementary, Allanah Stanton #2 – Memorial Middle, Aeneas Moore #3 – Barksdale Elementary, Dylan Allen #4 – Flat Shoals Elementary, Zindzhi Evans #5 – Honey Creek Elementary, Allison Jones #6 – Lorraine Elementary, Jayden Bailey #7 – Shoal Creek Elementary, Jorri Murray #9 – Sims Elementary, Rose Adams #10 – J.H. House Elementary, Kristy Cooper #11 – Conyers Middle, Kameron Bolton #12 – Pine Street Elementary, Matthew Thacker #13 – Edwards Middle, Kendyl Nimmons #14 – Hightower Trail Elementary, Anthony Troms #15 – Peek’s Chapel Elementary.

This year’s pronouncer was 2016-17 RCPS Teacher of the Year, Kimberly Sanderson of Davis Middle School. Judges were RCPS ELA Academic Coach Sherry Boudreaux, RCPS ELA Coordinator Dr. Erika Tucker, RCPS Education Assessment Coordinator Ranyatta Roland.

The Rockdale County Spelling Bee was organized by the Rockdale Chapter of the Georgia Association of Educators, Audrey Champion, April Swain, and Mileeka Frank. Sponsors of this year’s bee include Olde Town Awards & Engraving, Publix, Target, BJ’s, Greg Fort the Cupcake Guy.

Vocabulary rounds were implemented this year at the suggestion of the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE), the organization that runs the State Spelling Bee, to better prepare state spellers for the national competition. The national Scripps Spelling Bee began testing participants on vocabulary questions several years ago. Moore will go on to the GAE District 5 Spelling Bee on Feb. 25 at Edwards Middle School. The State Spelling Bee will be held March 17 at Georgia State University. For more information on the GAE State Spelling Bee, go to http://gae.org/programs/gaestate-spelling-bee/,

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