Students Compete in JSU Language Arts Olympiad

Congratulations to Donoho’s Language Arts Olympiad Team! Fifth through eighth grade students recently competed in the Jacksonville State University Language Arts Olympiad. Our fifth and sixth grade team earned 2nd place overall in the competition. Way to go, Donoho!

Individual Events:
Essay Competition – Libby Davis – 1st Place
Spelling Bee – Meghana Giri – 1st Place
At the Root Of It All – Kathryn Salem – 2nd Place
Poetry Interpretation – Pearl Simmons – 3rd Place
Public Speaking – Meghana Giri – 3rd Place

Team Events:
Language Trivia – Pitts Angell, Samantha Strunk, Madison Hughes – 2nd
Place
Isabella Howell, Ross Hagan, Jake Walker – 3rd Place
Home Run Heroes – Meghana Giri and Zaurayze Rehman – 2nd Place
Kirin Heathcock and Patrick Huang, 1st Place
What’s In A Name? – Pitts Angell and Libby Davis – 2nd Place
Patrick Huang and Molly Gnagy, 2nd Place
Skit Competition – Corey van Ekris, Haley Shaw, Buddy Ray – 3rd Place