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OCPS District Spanish Spelling Bee

OCPS District Spanish Spelling Bee

The OCPS District Spanish Spelling Bee is an annual event for students enrolled in Spanish courses and for native Spanish-speaking students. The Spanish Spelling Bee encourages students to share their knowledge of the Spanish language and promotes Spanish as a 21st century global citizenship skill.

During the 2022 - 2023 school year, 48 students from 28 different OCPS Middle Schools participated in this event by studying an average of 1,000 challenging Spanish words.

OCPS District Spanish Spelling Bee Winners for the 2022 -2023 school year:
First place- Arthur Ferreira, sixth grade, Hamlin Middle School
Second place- Kaiden Palma, sixth grade, Hamlin Middle School
Third place- Miguel Peche-Montemayor, seventh grade, Chain of Lakes Middle School