Last Friday I went with Asher to the ACSI Spelling Bee at Gorman Christian Academy in Durham. He had been practicing his words diligently for the past month and was so ready for this day to come.... he was excited, but also just glad he wasn't going to have to study his words anymore! He was such a confident little thing and did a great job finishing in 7th place! He made it through all the lists with words he had studied and got out on a word from the "unpublished" list! The spellers were all divided by grade to have their bees (there were seven schools represented) and the parents were not allowed to go into the rooms where they were spelling, but had to wait in the gym or cafeteria for their child to get "out". The longer we waited, the more nervous for him I got!
Waiting for the bee to start
The four first grade participants from GRACE
Landen, Katherine, Kenneth, and Asher.... we had to bribe them with ice cream to get this picture!
Out of about 30- 40 first graders they placed 11th, 3rd, 5th, and 7th!
That's more like it!
Cramming together before
Asher's teacher made up this adorable little bag full of treats and snacks for him to take and gave it to him Thursday afternoon before leaving school.
Front of sweet note from Mrs. Murray
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