Pictured with Principal Matt Keough and Assistant Principal for the Junior High, Sister Suzanne Dunn are (l-r): Ethan Krupa, Lukas Ward, Noah Mingolelli, and Joshua Drazek.

Eighth graders Ethan Krupa and Lukas Ward and seventh graders Noah Mingolelli and Joshua Drazek will represent CBA in the Post Standard Regional Written Spelling Bee, which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 13 at CBA.  

The four students won CBA’s annual Spelling Bee for seventh and eighth graders held in December.

The top 35 spellers will then advance to the oral Regional Competition, which will be held on March 2 at WCNY Studios. The winner there will move on to the Scripps National Bee in Washington in May.

Three years ago, Lizzie Lucas ’20 represented the Syracuse region, by advancing to the finals of the National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC.