St. John’s School held its annual school-wide spelling bee on Friday, January 24 at the school gym. The 16 students representing their classes included:
3-1 – Isha Rajesh
3-2 – Kae Temma
4-1 – Madison Arriola
4-2- Mia Aguigui
5-1 – Teia Ada-Vibar
5-2 – Kailee Wong
5-3 – Justin Chun
6-1 – Jamie Xu
6-2 – Sophia Lee
6-3 – Vinicia Kim
7-1 – Roy Jin
7-2 – Rina Olsen
7-3 – James Luo
8-1 – Kelvin Lee
8-2 – Jacob Jackson
8-3 – AJ Morales
After numerous rounds of challenging words being spelled out, 7th grader Rina Olsen rose victorious. The second-place winner was 8th grader, AJ Morales. Rina will represent St. John’s School for her fifth consecutive year at the 48th Scripps Regional Bee, with AJ being the alternate.