(L-R) Varoon Kodithala (Alternate), Tharini Ramakrishnan Kavitha (2nd Runner Up), Monish Jampala (1st Runner Up), and Varun Kumar (Winner)
Twenty-nine FCS students met at South Forsyth High School on the morning of Jan. 31 to compete for the title of Spelling Bee Champion 2015. The winner of each elementary and middle school spelling bee represented their respective school as listed below.
| Big Creek Elementary | Srihitha Dasari |
| Brookwood Elementary | Anjana Iyer |
| Chattahoochee Elementary | Bryce Riemersma |
| Chestatee Elementary | Kira Westen |
| Coal Mountain Elementary | Elena Pope |
| Cumming Elementary | Kate Johnston |
| Daves Creek Elementary | Monish Jampala |
| Haw Creek Elementary | Jiwon Park |
| Johns Creek Elementary | Kundhavi Tiruchinapalli |
| Kelly Mill Elementary | Nishad Sankar |
| Lakeside Middle | Aditi Bhatia |
| Liberty Middle | Vincent Duke |
| Little Mill Middle | Claire Canada |
| Mashburn Elementary | Gabi Somoza |
| Matt Elementary | Noah Dotson |
| Midway Elementary | Rithvik Amilineni |
| North Forsyth Middle | Maggie Shepherd |
| Otwell Middle | Amy Anderson |
| Piney Grove Middle | Uditi Srivastava |
| Riverwatch Middle | Sindhu Dwarampudi |
| Sawnee Elementary | Jack Bonogofsky |
| Settles Bridge Elementary | Nimish Parag Kadam |
| Sharon Elementary | Varoon Kodithala |
| Shiloh Point Elementary | Lindsay Day |
| Silver City Elementary | Ashlyn Dickerson |
| South Forsyth Middle | Tharini Ramakrishnan Kavitha |
| Vickery Creek Elementary | Saumya Bajaj |
| Vickery Creek Middle | Varun Kumar |
| Whitlow Elementary | Christine Lee |
After 28 rounds of competition, Varun Kumar from Vickery Creek Middle School was crowned the spelling bee champion after correctly spelling the word “subjunctive”. Monish Jampala from Daves Creek Elementary was named 1st Runner Up. Tharini Ramakrishnan Kavitha from South Forsyth Middle was given the 2nd Runner Up honor. Varoon Kodithala from Sharon Elementary was recognized as Alternate.
Kumar, Jampala, and Kavitha will represent Forsyth County at the District 2 Spelling Bee at Mabry Middle School on Feb. 28.
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