The WHRO Public Media Spelling Bee is taking place virtually on Feb. 19. 

Each year, middle school students from across the region compete for the opportunity to represent our area in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Here are this year's competitors:

	Mallory Washer 6th Grade, Academy for Discovery at Lakewood Winning Word: swankiest
	Noah Larsen 6th Grade, Atlantic Shores Christian School Winning Word: porpoise
	Harmony Johnson 6th Grade, Bayside Sixth Grade Campus Winning Word: Juneteenth
	Aarav Patel 6th Grade, Broadwater Academy Winning Word: adduced
	Brooklynne Mills 8th Grade, Cape Henry Collegiate School Winning Word: brocade
	Fae-Lee Hogge 7th Grade, Corporate Landing Middle School Winning Word: cobblestone
	Arya Patel 7th Grade, Grafton Middle School Winning Word: Darwinism
	Skeyla Asadi  8th Grade, Great Neck Middle School Winning Word: (not reported)
	Wyatt Otte 6th Grade, Greenbrier Christian Academy Winning Word: tartan
	Gage Beach 8th Grade, Hampton Roads Academy Winning Word: ongealing
	Kaden Ashworth 8th Grade, Hickory Middle School Winning Word: capris
	Isaac Warren 6th Grade, Indian River Middle School Winning Word: doable
	André Gabriel 8th Grade, Kilgore Gifted Center Winning Word: inertia
	Zaira Bryant 8th Grade, Landstown Middle School Winning Word: adorned
	Malak Almahdi 7th Grade, Mary Passage Middle School Winning Word: wizard
	Madeline Korving 7th Grade, Nansemond Suffolk Academy Winning Word: conurbation
	Rohith Konduri 6th Grade, Norfolk Academy Winning Word: transept
	Thomas Hobbs 7th Grade, Norfolk Christian Schools Winning Word: torturous
	David Sawyer 8th Grade, Norfolk Collegiate School Winning Word: contorted
	Serenity Zdrosky 8th Grade, Norview Middle School Winning Word: tartan
	Jack Gibson 7th Grade, Peasley Middle School Winning Word: Cantonese
	Marissa Vanegas 7th Grade, Plaza Middle School Winning Word: Albion
	Jayson Provost 7th Grade, Princess Anne Middle School Winning Word: congealing
	Alex Kiehl 6th Grade, Queens Lake Middle School Winning Word: cardigan
	Sarah Reasey 8th Grade, Smithfield Middle School Winning Word: morbidity
	Thomas Reader 8th Grade, St. John The Apostle Catholic School Winning Word: Korea
	Andrew Hoehn 8th Grade, St. Matthew's School Winning Word: porpoise
	Morgan Seeley 7th Grade, St. Patrick Catholic School Winning Word: intolerance
	Mark Saulnier 6th Grade, Star Of The Sea School Winning Word: squints
	Brooke Gordon 8th Grade, Stone Bridge School Winning Word: palpable
	Aarav Ghimire 6th Grade, Tabb Middle School Winning Word: inferior
	Charlotte Bailey 6th Grade, Thomas Hunter Middle School Winning Word: mystified
	Esther Gammill 7th Grade, Virginia Beach Middle School Winning Word: rhetorical
	Triniti Skipper 7th Grade, Western Branch Middle School Winning Word: wattles
	Jacob White 6th Grade, Westside Elementary School Winning Word: Avalon
	Ashton Kessler 8th Grade, Yorktown Middle School Winning Word: savor

Find out which of these school spelling bee champions will earn a chance to compete at the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The winner will be announced on the WHRO Facebook page on Feb. 19.

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 Thomas Nelson Community College, becoming Virginia Peninsula Community College, is proud to provide corporate support for this year’s Spelling Bee.

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