students sitting in chairs on stage while one student stands at mic spelling a word

Congratulations to sixth grader Parish Owen, winner, and fourth grader Ayla Graves, runner-up of the annual Monte Sano Spelling Bee. Parish correctly spelled the word verve to advance to the Madison County Spelling Bee to be held at the Academy for Academics  and Arts on February 6th at 9 am.  The winner of the county bee will advance to the Alabama state bee for a chance to represent our state at the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Go Parish!!

students standing with teacher and principal holding trophy for winning spelling beestudents standing with teacher and principal holding a trophy for winning spelling bee