Zia Middle School

Las Cruces Public Schools hosted their annual LCPS Practice District Spelling Bee, on January 20, 2023, at the Performing Arts Lab at Las Cruces High School. In total, 24 participants participated at this event – four from middle school and 20 from elementary. The first-place winner of this event, Cephas Lujan (8^th grader from Zia Middle School), won the spelling bee with the championship word, G-O-R-S-E, in round 15. Lucy Smart, 4^th grade student from Tombaugh Elementary took second place, and Vista Middle School’s 6^th grade student, Levi Montez, took third place. Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 LCPS Practice District Spelling Bee!

All participants of the district event took first-place at their school spelling bee. The first-place winners from each school site are invited to represent Las Cruces Public Schools at the El Paso spelling bee. The first round of the El Paso spelling bee consists of an online preliminary (El Paso Online Preliminaries). Parents/guardians/families will receive notification via email of when to have their student login for this competition the week of February 20, 2023 – February 24, 2023.  The second round is the 2023 El Paso Regional Spelling Bee. Students who are successful in the El Paso Online Preliminaries will move on to the El Paso Regional Spelling Bee. These spellers will be notified the following week, February 27, 2023 – March 2, 2023.  The 2023 El Paso Regional Spelling Bee will take place at Andress High School (5400 Sun Valley Drive) in El Paso, Texas on March 24, 2023. 

Good luck to our schools’ first-place winners!  We are rooting for you! 

For study tips, please visit: https://spellingbee.com/study-tips-1

For more information, please reach out to Josie Miller at jomiller@lcps.net. 

School site first-place winners representing Las Cruces Public Schools listed below:

Elementary Schools

Yvanna Zuniga Munoz

Alameda Elementary

Mason Sullivan

Central Elementary

 

Juan Castro

Columbia Elementary

 

Kea Hoshijo-Chavarria

Conlee Elementary

 

Ivy Williams

Doña Ana Elementary

 

Marietta Crawford

East Picacho Elementary

 

Juliet Hiles

Fairacres Elementary

 

Sebastian Chavez

Hermosa Heights Elementary

 

Dante Pettes

Highland Elementary

 

Elisa Bai

Hillrise Elementary

 

Dominick Rivera

Loma Heights Elementary

 

Luciano Acuña

MacArthur Elementary

 

Samuel Lopez

Mesilla Elementary

 

Sabri Lujan

Mesilla Park Elementary

 

Aubrie Dominguez

Monte Vista Elementary

 

Kamsi Osuorji

Sonoma Elementary

 

Lucy Smart

Tombaugh Elementary

 

Elijah Jasso

University Hills Elementary

 

Brayden Mortensen

White Sands Elementary

Middle Schools

Xavier Cordova

Lynn Middle School

 

Ximena Zuniga

Picacho Middle School

 

Annie Lee

Sierra Middle School

 

Levi Montez

Vista Middle School

 

Cephas Lujan Zia Middle School

Photo Caption: (Left to right) 2^nd Place – Lucy Smart, 1^st Place – Cephas Lujan, and 3^rd Place Levi Montez 

Additional images of the event:

Photo Caption: Luciano Acuña, MacArthur Elementary School 

Photo Caption: Abigail Beam, Hermosa Heights Elementary School

Photo Caption: Annie Lee, Sierra Middle School 

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