VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Four Maple Valley students participated in the Barnes County Spelling Bee at Valley City State University on February 5th.
The Spelling Bee is divided into two divisions, a 5th and 6th grade division and a 7th and 8th grade division. The competition consists of a 50-word written test and five-word oral test.
All four of the Maple Valley students placed. In the 7th/8th division, Evelyn Lloyd(7) placed fourth and EllahKarges(8) placed third. In the 5th/6th division, Trapper Smith(5) placed fourth and Michael Morgan(6) placed first. Michael Morgan was also the overall winner of the Spelling Bee and will advance to the state competition on March 18th in Bismarck, ND.

Maple Valley Spelling Bee students Trapper Smith, Michael Morgan, Evelyn Lloyd, Ellah Karges.