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Release Date: February 4, 2010
BACK-TO-BACK CHAMP:
Winston seventh grader wins second consecutive District 15 Spelling Bee
 The word was “omnipotent,” from the Latin omnipontem, meaning “all-powerful, almighty.”
Jonathan Matthew, a Winston Campus Junior High School seventh grader, might have seemed omnipotent after the 24th round of the 2010 District 15 Spelling Bee, held January 12 at Walter R. Sundling Junior High School.
Why?
Because correctly spelling “omnipotent” won him the contest for the second year in a row.
Jonathan will now advance to compete as the District 15 representative in the Suburban Cook Northern Area Spelling Bee, set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, at the Joseph Sears School, 542 Abbotsford Road, in Kenilworth.
The runner up in the 2010 District 15 Spelling Bee also came from Winston Campus—sixth grader Bryan Lu.
Jonathan and Bryan both won their respective school spelling bees to advance to the District competition, as did 18 other students:
- Rose Clement, Grade 4, Jane Addams School
- Daniel Classon, Grade 6, Central Road School
- Madison Mayer, Grade 4, Kimball Hill School
- Melinda Coleman, Grade 6, Hunting Ridge School
- Claire Emerson, Grade 4, Thomas Jefferson School
- Karolina Urban, Grade 6, Thomas Jefferson School
- Jessica Lu, Grade 6, Marion Jordan School
- Jessica Gul, Grade 6, Lake Louise School
- Saara Spitzer, Grade 5, Lincoln School
- Thomas Peterson, Grade 6, Stuart R. Paddock School
- Christopher Zhu, Grade 5, Pleasant Hill School
- Thrishna Chathurvedula, Grade 5, Gray M. Sanborn School
- Megan Raby, Grade 5, Virginia Lake School
- Justin Ruan, Grade 5, Frank C. Whiteley School
- Czarrise Maralit, Grade 6, Willow Bend School
- Ryan Cajandig, Grade 7, Plum Grove Junior High School
- Heather McDonough, Grade 8, Carl Sandburg Junior High School
- Jillian Marsden, Grade 8, Walter R. Sundling Junior High School
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