Quint Karlsson of Crofton Middle School outlasted 24 other school level spellers on Saturday, March 9, 2024, to capture the title at the 36th annual Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee.
Quint correctly spelled the word “emolument” in the eighth round to win the championship. Beorn Moon of Lindale Middle School finished second and Kasey Capili of MacArthur Middle School. Moon and Capili had to take part in a “spell off” to decide second and third place.
The Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee is presented annually by the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Office of Secondary Reading, English, & Integrated Literacy. This year’s presenting sponsors were Educational Systems Federal Credit Union and DALY. The event co-sponsors are Development Facilitators, Inc. (DFI), M&T Bank, and Horace Mann. The year’s event sponsors were American College of Education, Care First, National Teacher Association, Ricoh, and Whiting Turner.
Quint will represent Anne Arundel County in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.
Also competing in this year’s AACPS Countywide Spelling Bee were:
- Annapolis Middle School: Cesar Melendez-Gomez
- Arundel Middle School: Mason Caron
- Brooklyn Park Middle School: Celine Lai
- Central Middle School: Dhyan Patel
- Chesapeake Bay Middle; School: Conner Redmond
- Chesapeake Science Point: Adesina Adeleye
- Corkran Middle School; Andre Bediako
- Indian Creek School; Cooper Geismar
- Magothy River Middle School: Joel Charles
- Marley Middle School: Rylan Joy Scott
- Meade Middle School: Nadia Cotton
- Monarch Global Academy; Joshua Ghee
- Northeast Middle School: Nicole Makuza
- Old Mill Middle School North: Ivanka Disanayaka
- Old Mill Middle School South: Braelyn Gilmore
- School of the Incarnation: Jordan Erzen
- Severna Park Middle School: Eliza Prigge
- Severn River Middle School: Paige Fergus
- Severn School: Sofie Patzer
- Southern Middle School: Juliet James
- Andrew’s United Methodist Day School: Amelia Pfeiffer
- Wiley H. Bates Middle School: KaDee Clowry
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a not-for-profit educational promotion sponsored by The E.W. Scripps Company in conjunction with businesses and community organizations around the world. Each sponsor organizes a spelling bee program in its community with the cooperation of area school officials: private, charter, parochial, public, and home schools.