WINSTON-SALEM — In Our Lady of Mercy School’s recent spelling bee competition, the winner was sixth-grader Callum Forest, who defended his title as OLM Spelling Bee Champ for the third year in a row.
He then went on to win the Forsyth County Non-Public Schools Spelling Bee Championship for the second year in a row.
Forest’s win advances him to compete in the televised 2018 Winston-Salem Journal regional competition March 18.
He is pictured with Sister Geri Rogers, principal, and Elena Pueschel.
In addition, winners of Our Lady of Mercy School’s recent geography bee were: first place, Khoa (Kenshi) Nguyen; second place, Miller Aho; and third place, Katherine Brown.
— Katrina Capistrano
