News Release
WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools has announced its winners in the annual Kosciusko County Spelling Bee held Tuesday night.
The winner of the 2023 Spelling Bee was Dhanishka Sudarsan, a fifth-grader from Harrison Elementary. Runner-up was Konrad Kolembe, a fifth-grader from Jefferson Elementary.
Dhanishka will be registered with spellingbee.com and will participate in the Regional Qualifier Test (a 50-item spelling and word meaning test) between Feb. 10 and Feb. 17.
The top area finishers on the Regional Qualifier Test will advance to the Scripps National Indiana Regional Bee in March 2023.
Other Spelling Bee participants were Kennedy Shilling, Christopher (Van) Crisp, Barrett Hodorek, Caroline Clemens, Chaitrali Chavan, Madisyn Bowen, Brody Anderson, Cameron Thompson, Jonah Burgher, Jayla Bautista, Elizabeth Eckman, Carson Haack, Abigail Hale
Matt Deeds, principal of Harrison Elementary, served as the emcee and announcer. Honorary guest judges included Missy Rees, Principal of Claypool Elementary School, Nate Polston, Principal of Leesburg Elementary School, and Cheri Sleighter, Principal of Washington.
Congratulations to both finalists and their worthy competitors. A special thanks go out to all of the organizers and families.
