Spelling Bee Winners Announced Warsaw Community Schools announced the winners of the Kosciusko County Spelling Bee on Tuesday.
Matt Deeds, principal of Harrison Elementary School, served as the emcee and announcer, according to a news release from WCS. Guest judges included Missy Rees, principal of Claypool Elementary School; Nate Polston, principal of Leesburg Elementary School; and Cheri Sleighter, principal of Washington.
Spelling Bee participants were Kennedy Shilling, Christopher (Van) Crisp, Barrett Hodorek, Caroline Clemens, Dhanishka Sudarsan, Chaitrali Chavan, Konrad Kolembe, Madisyn Bowen, Brody Anderson, Cameron Thompson, Jonah Burgher, Jayla Bautista, Elizabeth Eckman, Carson Haack and Abigail Hale.
The winner of the 2023 Spelling Bee was Dhanishka Sudarsan, fifth-grader from Harrison Elementary. Runner-up was Konrad Kolembe, fifth-grader from Jefferson Elementary.
Dhanishka Sudarsan will be registered into spellingbee.com to take the Regional Qualifier Test (a 50-item spelling and word meaning test) between Feb. 10 and Feb. 17. The top area finishers on the Regional Qualifier Test will advance to the Scripps National Indiana Regional Bee in March.
