Wheeler Elementary and Jr./Sr. High School Students Impress at Annual Spelldown

Wheeler Elementary and Onondaga Jr./Sr. High School held its annual Spelldown competition on Dec. 4. Fourth- through sixth-grade students from Wheeler competed against one another, and the top four will advance to the regional qualifier in February. Seventh- and eighth-grade OCS students vied for their own spot in the top four. 

Sixth-grader Gabriella Abraham won Wheeler’s event, with Abel Connelly, Yurii Kyslyak, and Jayveon McBride taking the three other spots. Eighth-grader William Crysler won the junior high competition. Andrew Millet, Jannatul Meah, and Elias Chavarria will join Crysler at the Post-Standard regional qualifier in February.

Wheeler Elementary Participants
Gabriella Abraham, 6th Grade (winner)
Abel Connelly, 6th Grade (runner-up)
Asher Cook, 6th Grade
Kellin Cunningham, 6th Grade
Eliana Holmes, 6th Grade
Yurii Kyslyak, 6th Grade (runner-up)
Christian Lasinksi, 6th Grade
Liana Torres, 6th Grade
Landon Amidon, 5th Grade
Charlie Pickering, 5th Grade
Corey Pickering, 5th Grade
Jayveon McBride, 5th Grade (runner-up)
Marcus Deer, 4th Grade

7th/8th Grade Participants
Madison Burns, 8th Grade
William Crysler, 8th Grade (winner)
Ary Hardwick, 8th Grade
Carter Hunt, 8th Grade
Andrew Millet, 8th Grade (runner-up)
Coin Philips, 8th Grade
Ne’vaeh Pimentel, 8th Grade
Alvin Torres, 8th Grade
Azalea Antone, 7th Grade
Wyatt Burton, 7th Grade
Elias Chavarria, 7th Grade (runner-up)
William Freyer, 7th Grade
Jannatul Meah, 7th Grade (runner-up)
Hunter Parker, 7th Grade
Henry Smith, 7th Grade
Cayden Smorol, 7th Grade