Leander ISD is well represented in this year’s Austin Regional Spelling Bee and has the highest number of participants among the area’s school districts.
A dozen of the 47 students that will compete Sunday in the bee hail from LISD schools:
Block House Creek Elementary – Emory Rodgers
Camacho Elementary – Meadow Stevens
Canyon Ridge Middle School – Akash Shah
Cedar Park Middle School – Eshan Bharadwaj
Charlotte Cox Elementary – Natalie Vuong
Laura Welch Bush Elementary – Avery LaRusso
Reed Elementary – Julianne Choe
River Place Elementary – Ninaad Nair
Running Brushy Middle School – Rachel Poycattle
Rutledge Elementary – Natasha Nahvi
Steiner Ranch Elementary – Mary Kate Liechty
Westside Elementary – Kenzie Vo
The Austin Regional Spelling Bee is open to the public.
The Austin Regional Spelling Bee will crown one winner who will be receive an expense paid trip to the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. Austin residents and families will be able to watch this winner live on the ESPN event broadcast in May.
