
Sixth-grader Arlan Dawdy correctly spelled “exert” to win the Deming Public School’s Spelling Bee Thursday.
Dawdy, who was the top speller at Deming Intermediate this year, was the runner-up in last year’s district-wide competition.
This year’s runner-up was Adam Homsi, a 4th grader at Chaparral Elementary.
Dawdy and the top spellers from each local school will compete at the Regional Spelling Bee in El Paso later this month.
The top spellers at each school in the district are Rachel Simpson at Bataan… Brianna Montoya at Bell… Ethan Cruz at Chaparral… Jaime Ontiveros at Columbus… Daniel Jimenez at Torres… Ezekiel Pena at Memorial… and Pryank Patel at Red Mountain Middle School.