Clay Junior High Spelling Bee 2022
The 2021-22 Clay Middle School Spelling Bee was held Friday, January 21, 2022, at 1:00 PM in the Clay HS/MS Library.
The following sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students represented their classes in the school spelling bee:
Sixth graders: Layla Dawes, Madelyn Penix, Laikyn Puckett, & Evan Rider
Seventh graders: Eli Bailey, Kyla Duckett, & Mason Greene
Eighth graders: Lilli Allen, Madelyn Bach, & Zane Ball
Clay’s 2021-22 Spelling Bee champion is Eli Bailey (right), a seventh grader and son of Jason and Andrea Bailey. Eli will represent Clay Middle School in the Scioto County Spelling Bee, which will be held on March 10, 2022, at the SOMC Friends Center. Eli will also take an online spelling test to try to qualify for the Regional Spelling Bee at Ohio University. The runner-up, who will act as alternate for Clay, is Mason Greene (left), a seventh grader and son of April and Jordan Greene. Mrs. Parkes is the Clay Spelling Bee coordinator.