Amana Academy's Scripps School-Based Spelling Bees

January 8th and 15th, 2010

Congratulations to our School's Spelling Bee Champions!

Elementary School:

• 1st Khaleel Bashir (5th Grade)
• 2nd Ahmed Abubaker (4th Grade)
• 3rd JaSun Mills (4th Grade)

Middle School:

• 1st Abdullah Budeir (7th Grade)
• 2nd Jamil Hawwari (8th Grade)
• 3rd Kamela Jaafar (8th) & Bilal Naeem (6th)

Thank you parents for all your support!

Thank you to our Judges Panel for their exemplary display of professionalism and their adherence to the rules: Laurie Guthrie, Hounada Fakhoury, Ghada Swadek, Samantha Credi, Melissa Singh, and Karen Helz. We especially appreciate Mr Jean-Jacques Credi for organizing and leading this effort.

Michael B. King "Legal" Spelling Bee Results
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Middle School Division:

• 1st Place: Bilal Naeem (6th grade)
• 7th Place: Rayyan Thaaj (6th grade)

Elementary School Division:

• 3rd Place: Mahvish Qureshi (4th grade)
• 7th Place: Rida Naeem (4th grade)

Congratulations! Amana students took 4 of the 14 available places. Great job representing yourselves, your peers and your Amana community. Way to go!

Please also see this story from the Clayton News Daily about the spelling bee.

Fulton County Scripps Spelling Bee

• Thursday, February 4, 2010 5pm @ Mountain Park Elementary

Please contact Jean-Jacques Credi with any questions regarding the Spelling Bee or After-School Spelling Club - jcredi@amanaacademy.org