C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S to Irving ISD’s district-qualifying spelling bee winners!

Irving ISD elementary and middle schools held English and Spanish spelling bees over the last few weeks. These campus winners will compete in district spelling bees later this month and the winners of those competitions advance to regional spelling bees.

It’s important to note that this is the first year the district has hosted a Spanish spelling bee.

The district English spelling bee is Thursday, January 14. English spelling bee campus winners are as follows:

Irving High cluster

  • Barton ES: Eli Salgado, 5th grade
  • Davis ES: R. Weber
  • Gilbert ES: Miranda Sanchez, 5th grade
  • Good ES: Jaylene Flores, 5th grade
  • Keyes ES: Fernando Gonzalez, 5th grade
  • Lively ES: Isabella Cruz, 5th grade
  • Austin MS: Shashe Hossain, 8th grade
  • Crockett MS: Xavier Monjarraz, 7th grade
  • de Zavala MS: Hector Hernandez, 6th grade

MacArthur High cluster

  • Brandenburg ES: Maryam Ali, 5th grade
  • Farine ES: Gabriella McMurphy, 5th grade
  • T. Haley ES: Jordan Holden, 4th grade/Denis Imbolo-Yolinga, 5th grade (co-champions)
  • Hanes ES: Jasmine Perez, 5th grade
  • Johnston ES: Valerie Nunez, 5th grade
  • Lee ES: Aiden James Washington, 4th grade
  • Townsell ES: Dua Nasser, 5th grade
  • Houston MS:  Rana Abbas, 8th grade
  • Travis MS: Gionna Sumabon, 6th grade

Nimitz High cluster

  • Britain ES: Justin Pina, 5th grade
  • Brown ES: Jose Hernandez, 4th grade
  • Elliott ES: Cesar Sorto, 5th grade
  • JHaley ES: Yusuf Robinson, 5th grade
  • Schulze ES: Gabby Gonzales, 5th grade
  • Stipes ES: Jeremiah Woulard, 4th grade
  • Townley ES: Nathalia Garcia, 5th grade
  • Lamar MS: Hadiya Albohai Alaa, 7th grade

 

The district Spanish spelling bee competition will be organized by cluster and will take place on three different dates. The dates as well as the campus winners are as follows:

Cluster One: Tuesday, January 12

  • Lee ES: Grecia Grajeda, 5th grade
  • Gilbert ES: Max Lopez Perez, 5th grade
  • Keyes ES: Gerardo Ibarra, 5th grade
  • Britain ES: Emy Sing, 5th grade
  • Schulze ES: Ashley Cuellar, 4th grade
  • Brandenburg ES: Smair Herrera, 5th grade
  • Farine ES: Said Machuca , 5th grade

Cluster Two: Wednesday, January 13

  • JHaley ES: Camila Ruiz, 4th grade
  • Brown ES: Dayana Rivas Durand, 5th grade
  • Elliott ES: Arturo Castro, 5th grade
  • Johnston ES: Karla Echeverria, 5th grade
  • Townsell ES: Christian Avila, 5th grade
  • Hanes ES: Alessandra Hernandez, 5th grade
  • Lively ES: Carlos Rivera Madrid, 4th grade

Middle School Cluster: Friday, January 15

  • Austin MS: Ely Vasquez, 8th grade
  • Travis MS: Nicholas Blas, 6th grade
  • de Zavala MS: Sury Luna, 8th grade
  • Lamar MS: Michelle Ventura, 8th grade