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Valley View Spelling Bee

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Defending Will County Spelling Champ Wins Valley View District Spelling Bee, Again

Humphrey Middle School eighth-grader Kim Belser won the Valley View School District 365U Spelling Bee Tuesday.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Defending Will County Spelling Champ Wins Valley View District Spelling Bee, Again

Humphrey Middle School eighth-grader Kim Belser won the Valley View School District 365U Spelling Bee Tuesday.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Defending Will County Spelling Champ Wins Valley View District Spelling Bee, Again

Humphrey Middle School eighth-grader Kim Belser won the Valley View School District 365U Spelling Bee Tuesday.

Humphrey Middle School eighth-grader Kim Belser, who represented Will County at the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. last year, will get another shot at being Will County champion this year after winning Tuesday night’s Valley View School District 365U Spelling Bee. Sign up for our free, daily e-newsletter.  Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook.  Belser correctly spelled “geode” in the 17th round after Lukancic Middle School 8th grader Elizabeth Zahorick misspelled “homburg” in the 16th round. Humphrey 6th grader John Belser, Kim’s brother, finished third, going out on the word “sachem” in round 13. Kim Belser and Zahorick, who finished 1-2 in last year’s VVSD Spelling Bee, both qualified for the Will County Spelling …

Andrea

9:00 am on Friday, February 8, 2013

Way to go Kids :-) All First Place Winners in our Eyes ! Awesome Job   more ›

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Defending Will County Champ Qualifies for Valley View District Spelling Bee

Kim Belser, who traveled to Washington, DC, for the Scripps National Spelling Bee last year, has qualified to again compete in the Valley View School District 365U spelling bee.

In what can only be called a battle of epoch proportions, two Humphrey Middle School 8th graders went 93 rounds over two days of competition to determine who will represent the school in the Valley View School District 365U Spelling Bee Feb. 5. Sign up for our free daily e-newsletter.  Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook.    The winner? Kim Belser who spelled "asthmogenic" correctly after Christy Parzsyzek misspelled "machismo." Christy and Kim are not strangers to each other. As sixth-graders, Christy edged Kim to move on to district. Last year, as seventh-graders, Kim beat Christy, and not only went on to win the VVSD crown but also won the Will County title and went to Washington, DC, to compete in the national spelling bee. Thursday …

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