'It was so close,' said fourth grader Ana Gonzalez. 'We won by one point. In the last round it was a tie, and we beat them — just by one point.'
Maestra Nohemi Ruiz's fourth grade class at St. Procopius School took home first place in a first-ever Catholic Schools' Spelling Bee in Spanish.
Friday morning, the tournament coordinator from the University of Notre Dame presented Maestra Ruiz's class with the trophy. That presentation was followed by a victory parade down the hallways of the school, where the student body cheered enthusiastically.Unlike more conventional spelling bees, students competed as a team in the virtual Spelling Bee, which was held in mid-October.
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