Samuel Cushman and Pierce Tierney.
A pair of stellar spellers from the Saugerties Central School District won their way to the Capital Region Spelling Bee in February after winning the annual district-wide bee on Thursday, December 12.
Samuel Cushman, an eighth grader at Saugerties Junior High and a Riccardi Elementary alum won the district bee for the third straight year; Cushman, who also took second place as a 4th grade student, won top honors in the 14th round by correctly spelling “Himalayan.” Cushman won the district-wide bee as a seventh grader by spelling “apricot.”
Pierce Tierney, a 5th grade student at Riccardi, placed second and will join Cushman at the Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors Theater in Schenectady on Tuesday, February 4.
Congratulations to both of you! Best of luck to you in February!