The Sr. Mary Smith Invitational Spelling Bee took place on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at St. Mary’s School in Canandaigua, N.Y. Thirteen youths from the Finger Lakes and Rochester area Catholic schools participated in the event.
These youth include (alternate in parenthesis)
Haley Bennett – St. Lawrence School (Dominic DiLettera)
Bea McCarthy – Holy Family Elementary (Kylie Agan)
Lucee Springer – Siena Catholic Academy (Andy Magioncalda)
Ruari Mann – St. Agnes School (Caroline Hayes)
Cole Talbot – St. Francis-St. Stephen’s School (Victoria Scala)
Michael Gunther – St. Joseph School (Gianna Martorana)
Ethen Kepes – St. Louis School (Elsa Hofmeister)
Edward Goatseay – St. Mary’s School (Lillie Wade)
Lucas Smith – St. Pius Tenth School (Katherine Fahoury)
Annika VanDamme – St. Rita School (Adriana Kennedy)
Divye Agrawal – St. Mary Our Mother School (Alexander Acosta)
Jack Krutell – Seton
Micah Anderson – Nazareth Elementary (Aubrey Callier)
Principal Ann Marie Deutsch welcomed the participants, parents and guests. Dr. Anthony Cook III, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Rochester, was the evening’s pronoucer. Judges were Christina Falbo, kindergarten teacher at St. Mary School, and Stacy Maslyn, Grade 5 teacher at St. Mary’s.
Divye Agrawal from St. Mary Our Mother School was the overall winner for the evening. Cole Talbot from St. Francis-St. Stephen’s School was the runner up.
