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Deer Park Student Earns Spelling Success
Robert Frost eighth-grader Rebecca Fox to compete in bee at Hofstra.

Robert Frost Middle School eighth-grader Rebecca Fox earned victory in the schoolβs annual spelling bee on Jan. 6, which served as the qualifying round for the local edition of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Students competed to represent Robert Frost at Hofstra Universityβs final local edition on Feb. 8.
The first step in establishing Robert Frostβs single representative for the Hofstra competition took place in studentsβ language arts classes, where they completed a preliminary spelling assessment of 20 unfamiliar words. The highest preliminary assessment scorers from each grade level were invited to participate in the school wide spelling bee, with Fox clinching the championship by spelling the word βemporiumβ correctly.
βOur school is very proud of Rebecca and wishes her the best when she competes at Hofstra next month,β said Christina Poppe, Deer Parkβs curriculum associate for English language arts, reading and library.
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Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District: Deer Park Curriculum Associate John Watson, student spelling bee winner Rebecca Fox, Deer Park Curriculum Associate Christina Poppe, and Robert Frost Middle School Associate Principal Charles Cobb.
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