Top spellers at Springfield Public School participated in the local spelling bee — front, from left: fifth-graders Nicholas Peterson, Tate Mathiowetz, James Coffland and Ethan Burden; and sixth-graders, Maddie McCone, Tyler Vanderwerf, Ethan Langseth and Kendall Kelly.  Back: Seventh-graders, Sydney Hauger, Eva Mark, Merriah Kirschstein and Owen Bertram; and eighth-graders, Hunter Mathiowetz, Elijah Kirschstein, Kendal Kopischke and Allison Krueger.
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