Rosie Syme and Velia Pech to compete at District Spelling Bee

The Island Newspaper, Ambergris Caye, Belize            Vol. 10, No. 8            February 23, 2000

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Rosie Syme
 
Velia Pech

The National Coca-Cola Spelling Bee 2000 contest commenced last week with the Zone Five (Caye zone) eliminations. This year's Caye zone competition was held in the neighboring village of Caye Caulker at the Roman Catholic School. A total of four schools participated with two contestants from each school. Participating schools were Caye Caulker R. C. School, Island Academy, Maestro Reyes School of Knowledge and San Pedro R. C. School. The competition proved to be very tough, but at the end it was Rosie Syme of Island Academy who emerged victorious. Rosie is a Standard IV student and was coached by her parents, Amanda and Cal Syme and teacher Charlene Lee. Rosie used a variety of tactics for the spelling competition including using syllables, root words and prefixes. The competition was very tight and a reserve and extra-reserve word list had to be used. Rosie's winning word was "choreograph." Rosie told the San Pedro Sun that she is very happy to have won and is thankful to her parents and teacher. To prepare for District competition she will study intensively with her parents.

    Velia Pech from Maestro Reyes School of Knowledge was the first runner-up and will travel to Belize City with Rosie to represent the Caye zone at the District competition on March 12th. Velia is a Standard V student who is thankful to her teacher, Leonel Reyes and parents, Nancy and Ricardo Pech for their support before and during the competition.

    The four schools entered in the Caye zone were only a small portion of the 230 primary schools participating countrywide. This competition, now in its sixth consecutive year, is sponsored by Bowen & Bowen Ltd.  The San Pedro Sun congratulates Rosie and Velia and wishes them the best of luck in the District finals.



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