GASTONIA — Sixth-grader Merrily Tew won overall and fourth-grader Jean Claude Younan was the runner-up in St. Michael School’s spelling bee held Jan. 11. Students in grades 4-8 participated.
Pictured are all of the class winners: Jean Claude Younan, fourth-grader; Austin Rios, fifth-grader; Merrily Tew, sixth-grader; Nancy Rhodes, seventh-grader; and Philip Tolbert, eighth-grader.
— Tammy Eason