Earlier this month students from grades 3, 4, and 5 took a spelling test in order to compete in the annual school Spelling Bee.  We are very proud of the 22 students who were part of Tuesday morning’s Spelling Bee.  They did a great job!
 
Grade Three:  Charlotte Abraham, Rudy Acharya, Sarah Hirst, Luke Lapinski, Eva Ludwig, Ruud Steinberg
 
Grade Four:  Langdon Johnson, Thomas Manson, Edith Moak, Parker Root, Eli  Rutherford, Cort Stakem
 
Grade Five:  Jack Bakich, June Bennett, Claire Contiliano, Vivian Foutz, Quinn Fusco, Julia Hill, Lara Korkusuz, Violet Kunicki, Remy MacDonald, Izzy Park
 
The Spelling Bee lasted almost one hour, for a total of 20 rounds.  Two third graders, both of them in Jen Donalson’s class, were the last two students left in the Spelling Bee.  Luke Lapinski is this year’s runner-up and Rudy Acharya is the winner!  Congratulations to them both! 
 
Rudy will represent Murray at the County Bee on February 12^th, and Luke will take her place in the event that she cannot attend.
Great job, spellers!

Coffee with Costa - Tuesday February 4th 9:15 – 10:45 am and 6:30 – 7:45 pm sessions on the Transition from 5^th to 6th Grade & Revisiting Course Recommendations
If you are the parent of a 5^th grader, transitioning to Henley’s 6^th Grade next year please join us at one of two Coffee with Costa sessions being held on Tuesday February 4^th (9:15 – 10:45 am in the cafeteria and 6:30 – 7:45 pm in the library) to learn what to expect and what services are on offer to help with this transition. At the end of the session we will also be revisiting Course Recommendations, key dates and what is involved in this process, for those that were not able to attend the last Coffee with Costa where this was addressed.