At the District Spelling Bee on January 19, at Campbell Middle School, Our top five Monroe students competed against Rolling Hills M.S. and Campbell M.S. Our five top competitors were Maasai Jones (MMS champion), Nichole Johnson, Thomas Hsieh, Cristel Blankenship and Lexie Hendrickson. Congratulations to 6th grader, Cristel Blankenship for garnering the trophy as District Champion, beating students from both middle schools. 8th grader, Maasai Jones will go on to the Scripps Regional competition in February. Thanks to Ms. Handa too, for all of her hard work coordinating the bee.