4 Bellaire Students Competing In Saturday's Regional Spelling Bee

BELLAIRE, TX — Four students from separate schools in Bellaire will compete in the regional spelling bee on Saturday with a chance to compete in the wildly-popular Scripps National Spelling Bee at the end of the school year.

The Bellaire-area students competing Saturday are: Oluwaseun Agbi, a fourth grader at Energized For Excellence Academy; Jayden Chen, a fourth grader at West University Elementary School; Amelie Rozowski, a fifth grader at Condit Elementary School; and Alanna Ferreon, an eighth grader at Pershing Middle School.

Ten HISD students are among 53 spellers who will compete in the nation’s largest regional spelling bee Saturday at Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan (2610 Elgin St., 77004).

The top two spellers will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 27-June 1.
Competitors representing grades 2-8 will come from 1,060 schools in 34 Texas counties to compete in the bee, which is hosted by Houston Public Media.

Live updates on the spelling bee will be available on the Houston Public Media Facebook page and on Twitter at @HoustonPubMedia. Final rounds and highlights of the spelling bee will be broadcast on TV 8 and streamed on houstonpublicmedia.org/spellingbee at 3:30 p.m. the following Saturday, April 14.

The 10 HISD spellers competing in the bee are:

• Oluwaseun Agbi, grade 4, Energized For Excellence Academy
• Naomi Canny, grade 8, Baylor College of Medicine Academy at James D. Ryan Middle
• Jayden Chen, grade 4, West University Elementary School
• Alanna Ferreon, grade 8, Pershing Middle School
• Shaun Israni, grade 5, River Oaks Elementary School
• Rebecca Luo, grade 5, Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet
• Brian Oliveira, grade 6, T. H. Rogers
• Anna Parker, grade 5, Poe Elementary School
• Oscar Portillo, grade 7, West Briar Middle School
• Amelie Rozowski, grade 5, Condit Elementary School

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