All Tied Up: The 2018 English Spelling Bee Edition

Jun 17, 2018 | News + Updates

The spring 2018 edition of a beloved Have Faith Haiti Mission tradition. 

With four categories of classes participating in this year’s spelling bee, we had more winners & three-way ties than ever before!

In our Junior Spelling Bee, which consisted of Primary 2 students, Ms. Cara couldn’t defeat competitors with words like, “isthmus,” “archipelago,” “igneous,” and “accurate.” After a nail-biting finish, Nickenson, Bettinie and Josue stood proudly as our three winners. Lorvens earned our runner-up title.

At our Intermediate level, comprised of Primary 4 students, Louvenson and Enolyka tied for first after correctly spelling words like, “adenosine triphosphate,” “Proterozoic,” “amniotes,” “Ordovician,” and “mitochondria.” Cinlove fought for, and won, the runner-up position.

In our Senior competition, the Collѐge 1 students confidently breezed through words like, “Taiga,” “Apatosaurus,” “Cenozoic,” and “Eocene.” Widley refused to hand over his title as reigning champ, yet Djouna and Appoloste wouldn’t settle for second. Results ended with another three-way tie. Bianka took home the runner-up title.

Our oldest class, comprised of Collѐge 2 students, competed for the Advanced title. Students refused to surrender to words like, “Chiroptera,” “stalagmites,” “Haplorhini,” “pachyderm,” and “Tertiary.” Unfortunately, Junie-Anna was eventually taken down with, “paradoxically,” making her our runner-up and giving Edney the winning title.

Each winner earned a shopping trip to the local market where they picked a prize of their choosing, including watches, bottles, toy cars, and sunglasses.

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    Junior winners and runner up with Ms. Cara

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    From left to right, Nickenson (11 years old), Josue, Bettinie

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    Intermediate Enolyka and Louvenson

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    Intermediate winners and runner up with Ms. Cara

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    Senior spelling bee winners left to right- Widley, Appoloste and Djouna

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    Senior spelling bee participants with Ms. Cara, from left to right- Bianka, Widley, Appoloste and Djouna

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    Advanced spelling bee winner Edney and Junie-Anna, the runner-up.

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    Advanced spelling bee winner Edney and Junie-Anna, the runner-up, with Ms. Cara (center)

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