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Chestatee Elementary Student Wins County Spelling Bee

And the winning word is...

Julia Vallier, a fourth-grade student at , is the 2012 Forsyth County Spelling Bee winner.

Vallier correctly spelled the word "exuberant."

Logan Ballard, a student at , was the first runner up. Rachael Walter from was second runner up and Jesse Smith from was the alternate.

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For their efforts, the trio will receive gifts donated By and .

The event on Saturday, Jan. 21 was held at the North Forsyth High School Performing Arts Center.

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Vallier, Ballard and Walter will represent Forsyth County in the district competition beginning at 10 a.m. on Feb. 25 at Mabry Middle School in Marietta.

All county elementary and middle schools were represented by school winners in the bee. The following students are:

Name

School

Alyssa Alay-ay Midway ES Ayonica Bhattacharya Vickery Creek ES Anish Bikmal

Big Creek ES

Alexandra Cepuchowicz Matt ES
Parker Chilton Vickery Creek MS Parker Davenport Otwell MS

Cherish Douglas

Johns Creek ES

Sadhana Durbha Riverwatch MS Sindhu Dwarampudi

Settles Bridge ES

William Dyess North Forsyth MS

Grant Gerwit

Lakeside MS

Victoria Hollenbeck

Chattahoochee ES

Chloe Kim

Sharon ES

Jordan McNew

Sawnee ES

Mikaylah Nelson Cumming ES
Shreya Sawant Whitlow ES Julia Scher South Forsyth MS Caroline Steinman Silver City ES
Karthik Viswanathan Daves Creek ES
Mary-Kate Wichalonis Haw Creek ES
Glenn Worley Coal Mountain ES Tyler Xu Brookwood ES Ashwin Yellamraju Shiloh Point ES Caroline Young Mashburn ES Bo Yuan Piney Grove MS

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