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Scripps Spelling Bee 2023

Congratulations

to our District Spelling Bee Champion, Lucas Ke, who won the North Jersey Spelling Bee on March 14, 2023 after a four-hour competition with some of the county’s best spellers! He was the best speller in the field of 55 Bergen County students. The winning word was "bariolage." Typically, the word is used by musicians to describe the special effect they achieve on a violin by rapidly alternating on open and stopped strings.

Lucas will move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., to face top spellers from all over the country. The event will be held May 30 to June 1. We are so proud of him!

    Spelling bee winners 2025

    Senior Division Spelling bee winners

    1st place: Olivia Huang*
    2nd place: Vivienne Huang
    3rd place: Saahas Malleswaran


    ***Olivia will go on to represent Upper School in the North Jersey Spelling Bee for Bergen County on 3/11/2025! 


    Jr Division Spelling bee winners

    1st place: Evelyn Huang

    2nd place: Aaron Joo

    3rd place: Vidhur Ganatra


    Spelling bee winners 2024

    Senior Division Spelling bee winners

    1st place: Suri Zhou   
    2nd place: Vivienne Huang 
    3rd place: Leni Almagor 


    Jr Division Spelling bee winners

    1st place: Luca Kim

    2nd place: Anne Seo

    3rd place: Jimin Ryu

    Spelling bee winners 2023

    Senior Division Spelling bee winners


    First place: Lucas Ke ***

    Second place: Joseph Ke

    Third place: Chloe Lee



    ***Lucas will go on to represent Upper School in the North Jersey Spelling Bee for Bergen County on 3/14/2023! 


    Jr Division Spelling bee winners


    First place:  Aiden Park

    Second place: Vivienne Huang

    Third place: Jimin Ryu


    Special Thanks to:

    ...those who participated in the preliminary and the final Spelling Bee competitions! You took on this optional challenge and impressed us all in Upper School!

    Special thanks to Mrs. Christine Rosado, the Spanish/LAL Teacher, for making this event possible. Thank you Mr. Colin Winch, Ms. Jaclyn Auriemma, Ms. Jaime Plitnick, Ms. Jaime Muchnick, and Mrs. Eleanor Stamenov for being the judges and hosts. Thank you Dr. Jennifer Brower and Mr. Colin Winch for their continued support of our students and events. 

    Senior bee spelling participants

     Senior Bee 


    SIXTH GRADE

    Olivia Huang

    Suri Zhou

    Chloe Lee


    SEVENTH GRADE

    Naina Agarwal

    Jaehyun Ryu

    Joseph Ke


    EIGHTH GRADE

    Claire Shi

    Chloe Fung

    Lucas Ke

    Junior bee spelling participants

    Junior Bee

    THIRD GRADE
    Tyler Chai
    Charlotte Mui
    Luca Kim

    FOURTH GRADE
    Aiden Park
    Jeein Seo
    Jimin Ryu

    FIFTH GRADE
    Leni Almagor
    Vivienne Huang
    Amelia Song
    Zachary Zhou
    Elliot Son
    Stella Mui

    ECEF / scripps spelling bee 2023

      Congratulations to our top 2022 spelling bee winners

        ECEF's 2021-2022 

      Englewood Cliffs Upper School

       Scripps Spelling Bee


      Senior Bee Winners

      Olivia Huang 1st * 

        Sammy Elsetouhi 2nd 

      Andrew Shin 3rd 


      Junior Bee Winners

      Olivia Huang 1st 

         Vivienne Huang 2nd 

      Sohan Shah 3rd  


      *Olivia will go on to represent Upper School in the county level Scripps Spelling Bee in the spring! 



      Junior Bee Winners

      Junior Bee Winners

      Junior Bee Winners

       Olivia Huang 1st

      Vivienne Huang 2nd 

      Sohan Shah 3rd  

      Senior Bee Winners

      Junior Bee Winners

      Junior Bee Winners

      Olivia Huang 1st

      Sammy Elsetouhi 2nd 

      Andrew Shin 3rd  

      2022 Spelling Bee Photo Gallery

        Preliminary winners- spelling bee contestants 2021-2022

        These top three spellers from each grade will move on to the Upper School Spelling Bee finals in January 2022. Special thanks to Mrs. Christine Rosado, the Spanish/LAL Teacher, for making this event possible.  

        3rd grade

        Aiden Park

        Jimin Ryu

        Sohan Shah

        4th grade

        Vivienne Huang

        Hanna Lin

        Amelia Song

        5th grade

        Kathy Chen

        Olivia Huang

        Suri Zhou

        6th grade

        Naina Agarwal

        Maimuna Gaye

        Jaehyun Ryu

        7th grade

        Sammy Elsetouhi

        Chloe Fung

        Andrew Shin

        8th grade

        Jayden De Jesus

        John Kim

        Olivia Kim

        Scripps Spelling Bee 2020-2021

        ECEF: Englewood Cliffs Education Foundation is proud to bring back the Spelling Bee!

         ECEF's 2021 Scripps Spelling Bee
        Congratulations to Our Top Winners!

        Chloe Fung 1st *
        Alex Chu 2nd
        Noah Kim 3rd

        *Chloe will go on to represent Upper School in the county level Scripps Spelling Bee in the spring!

        Special Thanks to Mrs. Stepanie Que, Reading Specialist, for making this event possible!

        Junior Bee Finalists (Grades 3-5):
        Olivia Huang(1st), Naina Agarwal (2nd) and Suri Zhou (3rd)

        Senior Bee Finalists:
        Alex Chu, Ethan Chung, Chloe Fung, Jonah Kim, Noah Kim, Olivia Kim and Claire Shi

        Acknowledgements

        We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all those whose energy and commitment to the school have made this event possible.


        Mrs. Stephanie Que (Reading Specialist)

        - for organizing the bee, facilitating the preliminary bee assessments and making this event possible


        Mrs. Siobhan Tauchert, Mr. Colin Winch and Ms. Jaclyn Auriemma 

        - for judging the bee


        Dr. Jennifer Brower and Mrs. Siobhan Tauchert 

        - for their continued support of our students.

        Zoom link to Spelling Bee

        Meeting ID: 490 108 0963

        Passcode: x356Am

        Click Here for Zoom link to Spelling Bee

        Englewood Cliffs 2019/2020 Spelling bee: 1/23/20 Scripps Spelling bee

        Our Senior Bee 2020 Winners pictured with Ms Zwernemann & Mrs. Tauchert 3rd Place Michael Kang 2nd place Hannah Shin1st Place Suhani Pandya

        Our Junior Bee 2020 Winners pictured with Ms. Zwernemann & Mrs. Tauchert 1st Place Claire Lee, 2nd Place Suri Zhou, 3rd Place Jonah Kim

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