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IWA News

Congratulations!

Plain Dealer Scripps Spelling Bee:
Congratulations to Anamika for winning her second consecutive Plain Dealer Cuyahoga County Scripps Spelling Bee on Saturday. Anamika will compete in the National Spelling Bee Championship in Washington D.C. on June 4, 2010.

St. Edward Math Classic:
Congratulations to all of the 7th and 8th grade students who participated in the St. Edward Math Classic on Saturday. IWA 8th grade students: Jonathan Unger, Sara Hurley and Aditya Singh, took the top 3 spots in the individual competition.
For the school award, IWA came in first place in the 8th grade division and second place in the 7th grade division.

8th Grade Class:
Congratulations to the entire IWA 8th grade class! 100% of the 8th grade class gained admission into the high school of their choice. This is a very impressive fact and is a testament to the school, its fine teachers and to all of the hard work the 8th grade teachers put into this lengthy, multi-step process.

National Geographic Geography Bee:
Before Christmas, 166 students in the 6th, 7th, & 8th grade participated in the preliminary rounds of the National Geographic Geography Bee during their social studies class. Based on top scores, thirty students were invited to the semi- finals that were held after school in January. After several stiff written elimination rounds of geography questions, the contestants were again narrowed down to 10 students who proceeded to the final oral round to determine the school winner.

This year’s National Geographic Geography Bee school winner is 8th grader, Aditya Singh. Aditya was also last year’s school winner as a seventh grader. Aditya took a state written state test and was informed that he now qualifies for the state geography bee to be held in Mansfield, Ohio on Friday, April 9th. Congratulations, Aditya!

7th grader Andre Martinichin, and 6th grader Jack McCormick were the top students at their grade level. Our other top 10 finalists were: 6th graders, Anna McKenna, Dylan Mueller and Kaveer Shekar; 7th graders: Kaitlynn Mandola, Maureen Rakovec and 8th graders: Erika Klek and Anamika Veeramani. Congratulations, to all our geography bee participants and good luck Aditya at the state bee in April.

IWA Boys' Spelling Team:
Congratulations to the IWA Boys’ Spelling Team and Mrs. Hearst for an incredible first place over-all finish at the St. Edward High School Thirty-Seventh Annual “Win with Words” Spelling Tournament on Saturday, February 20th. Joe Kooplikkattu, Joe Mazhuvanchery, Jim McCormick, and Gary Montgomery represented IWA in the Championship Division. Competing in the Excellence Division were Vetri Ravichandran, Nick Micheli, and Mason Macho. In the Merit Division, Joseph Unger and Khoa Trinh represented IWA. Kevin Pucci, Chris Cotone, Benjamin Mayo, and Paarth Sharma rounded out the team.

A very special congratulations to Joe Kooplikkattu and Joseph Mazhuvanchery for taking first and second place respectively in the Championship Division and Joseph Unger for taking second place in the Merit Division.

A momentous congratulations to Joe Kooplikkattu for winning first place in the Championship Division three years in a row. This is the first time in the thirty-seven year history of the "Win with Words" Spelling Tournament a student accomplished this feat.