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NIC awards $4,000 in scholarships to top spellers

“We know they will represent our area well when they travel to Washington D.C. for the National Spelling Bee.”
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The top three spellers at the Inland Northwest Spelling Bee were awarded a total of $4,000 by the North Idaho College Foundation Saturday, Feb. 8. 

“The college is honored to recognize the highest level of spelling in the Northwest. We know they will represent our area well when they travel to Washington D.C. for the National Spelling Bee in May,” said Sherry Simkins, NIC Dean of Instruction, Transfer and General Education. Simkins gave the opening remarks at the Bee, which was held in NIC’s Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center.

Both first and second place winners will travel to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May.

 

Scholarship winners:

Champion Andrew Ford, eighth-grader from Sandpoint, Inland Northwest Homeschool Spelling Association, awarded $2,000 NIC Foundation Scholarship.

Runner-up Gabriel Aguirre, fifth-grader from Spokane Valley, Inland Northwest Homeschool Spelling Association, awarded $1,000 NIC Foundation Scholarship.

Third place August Haws, seventh-grader from Hayden, Canfield Middle School, awarded $1,000 NIC Foundation Scholarship.

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Anastasia is a second year student at NIC. She hopes to continue her education and further her career as a journalist after graduation. She lives in Post Falls, Idaho with her son, their cat, and her family of snails. She is a star gazer, a day dreamer, a hippy at heart, a photographer and a philosopher of sorts. Anastasia is a sucker for old buildings, the paranormal, mysteries, quantum physics, and fringe science. She is always ready to go exploring or look for the next adventure.

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