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Rachel Seo, Kristin Seperac win school-level spelling bee

| 15 Feb 2017 | 10:20
    The final four (from left): Rachel Seo, grade 7 winner; Victoria Jakakas, grade 7; Kristin Seperac, grade 8 winner; and Alex Thurtle, grade 8 (Photo provided)
    The final four (from left): Rachel Seo, grade 7 winner; Victoria Jakakas, grade 7; Kristin Seperac, grade 8 winner; and Alex Thurtle, grade 8 (Photo provided)
    The participants of the school-level spelling bee (Photo provided)
    The participants of the school-level spelling bee (Photo provided)

GOSHEN — Rachel Seo and Kristin Seperac will represent the C.J. Hooker Middle School at the Orange-Ulster BOCES Spelling Bee on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
Rachel and Kristin were the seventh- and eighth-grade winners, respectively, of the school-level bee held Feb. 1 at the middle school. They competed against 18 classmates in the seventh and eighth grades.
The county bee is organized each year by the Orange-Ulster BOCES School Library Services and sponsored by the Times Herald Record.
The school-level spelling bee was directed by English Language Arts Teacher Elena Jordon.
Participants were:
Grade 7Bridgette Bennis
Ysa Paneto
Antonio Ferraro
Gia Pfleger
Christopher Swift
Allison Tegnander
Jack Vanchieri
Rachel Seo
Victoria Jakakas
Aaron Gay
Grade 8Patrick McGovern
Ryan Dennehy
Daniel Horrego
Kristin Seperac
Andrew Gouveia
Andrew Svede
Ryan Primus
Isabel Dooley
Alexandria Thurtle
Catherine Moody