Each January, dozens of students pack the stage of a campus in anticipation of the annual Frisco ISD Spelling Bee. To compete on the FISD stage, the fourth through eighth grade students first had to win their campus spelling bee.
This year, the District competition was at Hunt Middle School. The 53 contestants were nervous but determined to show their expertise and had practiced for months in anticipation of the annual competition season.
The intense contest lasted 14 incredible rounds and resulted in identifying six top spellers across the district who will advance to the Collin County Bee on Feb. 16 at Centennial High School.
Congratulations to the top-scoring students listed below and all 53 students who were eligible to compete at the District level. Best of luck at the Collin County Bee!
Top Finishers
Nithi Dwarakanath - Ashley fourth grader
Zakariah Khaled - Corbell Elementary fifth grader
Pranay Pottipati - Nelson Middle School eighth grader
Aadish Shah - Nichols Elementary fifth grader
Samvith Shanbhag - Elliott Elementary fifth grader
Shakti Subramanian - Lawler Middle School eighth grader
Campus Winners
Allen - Arjun Ruchandani
Anderson - Aarav Borad
Ashley - Nithi Dwarakanath
Boals - Spencer Johnston
Borchardt - Vanya Agarwal
Christie - Nevaeh Wilkerson
Clark - Saranya Ghadiyaram
Cobb - Abdullah Khaled
Comstock - Thulasi Umasankar
Corbell - Zakariah Amin Khaled
Curtsinger - Haroon Syed
Elliott - Samvith Shanbhag
Fisher - Eshan Chopra
Fowler - Akash Sharma
Griffin - Harini Arunachalam
Gunstream - Venisha Sharma
Hosp - Saanvi Vakkalagadda
Hunt - Rithvik Rakesh
Isbell - Aditi Rajendran
Lawler - Shakti Subramanian
Liscano - Varsha Juttiga
Maus - Saranya Bezawada
McSpedden - Rashid Kasera
Miller - Jonathan Pradeesh
Minett - Ishan Polagani
Mooneyham - Madhavan Parthasarathi
Nelson - Pranay Pottipati
Newman - Raeya Ramakrishnan
Nichols - Aadish Shah
Norris - Kiara Murgai
Ogle - Sreshta Kamatham
Pearson - Annabella Dwyer
Phillips - Aanya Chopra
Pioneer Heritage - Haasini Pawar
Purefoy - Ayushman Banerjee
Riddle - Kaneshka Sudhakaran
Roach - Vrishank Erukulla
Robertson - Arpita Nair
Rogers - Bissona Nuvi
Scoggins - Rishi Nemmani
Scott - Samruddhi Datar
Sem - Saranya Narra
Shawnee Trail - Shreya Vinod
Smith - Arnav Jain
Sparks - Sidhant Namandi
Stafford - Siddhartha Vatsa
Staley - Alexander Agera
Tadlock - Vibha Madhumohan
Talley - Vihaan Adaru
Taylor - Siddharth Reddy Gavireddy
Trent - Rishi Kompella
Vandeventer - Arnav Aggarwal
Vaughn - Charlotte Han
Wester - Nathan Mampilli