Cleminson Student Wins District Spelling BEE

by Shirley Burkhardt

Derek Lam, a sixth grader in Melissa Macias’s class at Cleminson School won the El Monte City School District annual sixth grade spelling bee.  Jessica Lucky Liu from Rio Hondo School was the runner up. Other students that participated as representatives of their schools were:  Ivy Huynh, Cherrylee; Grencewincel Garing, Columbia; Alena Perez, Cortada; Michele Tong, Durfee; David Ho, Gidley; Veronica Castro, Le Gore; An Le, New Lexington; Kristy Ngo, Potrero; Carlos Lopez, Rio Vista; Tabitha Hernandez, Wilkerson; and Vy Le, Wright