M-DCPS STUDENTS TOP WINNERS AT SPELLING BEE


March 31, 2004


Three Miami-Dade County Public Schools students were top winners at The Miami Herald Spelling Bee held March 23rd at Florida International University's Wertheim Performing Arts Center.

Stephanie Chang, a seventh-grader at Nautilus Middle School, placed third in the Middle School Championship out of 100 students.

Trevor Walker, a fifth-grader at Miami Shores Elementary, placed first out of 190 students in the Elementary School category. Milen Buchillon, a fifth-grader at Sunset Elementary, placed third.

The top winners were awarded Books & Books gift certificates, BankAtlantic savings accounts, trophies and other prizes.

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