OGMS News

After three nervous rounds of nail-biting spelling, 12-year-old Sydney was the last contestant standing at the Lamar County Spelling Bee on Feb. 11 at Purvis High School. Sydney, a seventh-grader at Oak Grove Middle School, spelled "foist" to take the first-place trophy.

"I had no idea how to spell 'foist', so I pretty much guessed," said Sydney. "I was so happy when I won because I realized I would get out of school for another day for the state contest."

The Lamar County Spelling Bee was open to students in fourth- through eighth-grades in the county's public and private schools. Fifteen students participated from Baxterville, Oak Grove Upper Elementary, Oak Grove Middle, Lumberton Elementary, Lumberton Middle and Purvis Upper Elementary schools.

Sydney traveled to Jackson on March 9th to compete in the state spelling bee. She competed in 7 rounds and placed 6th in the overall competition. The word "amenable" proved too difficult to spell. There were 31 contestants present for the state spelling bee. The Mississippi Public Broadcasting Network is scheduled to air the contest later in March. We are very proud of Sydney for her representation of OGMS and Lamar County Schools!