Nissa Thomas, Indus sixth grade spelling bee champion for School District 363, is greeted by Indus Principal Michael Underwood and classmates upon her return from the competition at Northome.
Indus sixth grader, Nissa Thomas, was the champion at the South Koochiching/Rainy River School District 363 spelling bee Jan. 20 at Northome School.
Thomas won by correctly spelling the word, “verve,” which means “vigor and spirit, or enthusiasm.”
When Thomas returned to Indus School, she was greeted with “verve” — her classmates and elementary students met her at the door with a round of applause.
Eight top spellers from Indus School traveled to the Northome school to compete with eight of Northome’s top spellers from grades 5 through 8. Holger Olesen went along as the Indus National Honor Society representative and served as a judge for the event. The Northome National Honor Society set up the arrangements and acted as announcers and judges, as well.
Attending from Indus School were:
Fifth grade — Chase Steinbach and Riley Ridgewell
Sixth grade — Nissa Thomas and Alicia Kelly
Seventh grade — Wes Shelton and Austin Hasbargen
Eighth grade — Maggie Morgan and Kierstyn Johnson
Also placing at the spelling bee were Northome students Ainsley Rysdam, second place, andRiley Dreher, third place, and Indus student Maggie Morgan, fourth place.
Indus School has released the second quarter honor roll for November 2014 to January 2015.
A Honor Roll
Grade 11
Chanaya Wheelock
Grade 10
Holger Olesen
Grade 8
Corinne Dahl
Kyle Schiro
Grade 7
Annie Schiro
B Honor Roll
Grade 12
Anthony Vollrath
Ted Nelson
Grade 11
Haille Hansen
Daniel Patch
Grade 10
Bert Dahl
Grade 9
Maria Leerssen
Arryn Swartz
Blazen Whitfield
Grade 8
Isabelle Cress
Maggie Morgan
Grade 7
Emma Morgan
