? ? ??James A. Arthur held its annual school Spelling Bee on Wednesday, January 16th. Each homeroom had two representatives participate.
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? ? ?The top ten contestants this year are Amaya Lopez, David Jewell, Aaron Ly, Sarah Asmaty, {{more}} Aliyah Shaikh, Jay Acosta, Lilly Rychlik, Brianna Moreno, Leland Murphy, and Carrington Matthews.
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? ? ?Of the forty contestants, two will represent JAA in the Area Bee in February. Congratulations to Carrington Matthews and Leland Murphy from Mrs. Farid?s homeroom, the 2013 representatives from JAA this year. This is the second year for Leland to represent JAA in the Area Bee. Carrington will serve as the participant and Leland will serve as our runner-up.
