DOUBLE CHURCHES MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT
WINS SPELLING BEE

Orin Lincoln (middle) of Double Churches Middle School won the MCSD Spelling Bee
for 2008. Chandler Garrett (left) of Richards was second, Kashawndrea Jordan
(right) of Arnold third. All three students are eighth-graders.
The contest was sponsored by the Muscogee County School District and the
Muscogee Association of Educators. The top three winners will go to the
District Six contest in Perry February 23. The District Six winner
will compete in the state contest in Atlanta at Georgia State University
March 21. Each State winner will compete in the National Spelling Bee
in Washington, D.C., this summer.
Here are some sample words from the competition: consequential,
miscellaneous, preparatory, synchronize, contiguous, homogeneous, deciduous,
facetious, enigmatic, analogous.