2019 Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee

On February 8, 2019, the Santa Cruz County School Superintendent's Office hosted its Annual County Spelling Bee. This year there were a total of 27 contestants from the County that are from public, private, and charter schools. The competition lasted twelve rounds; during the last four rounds, only Celeste Larson of Little Red School House from Santa Cruz Elementary District #28 and Daniel Woodburn of Coronado Elementary from NUSD #1 was left. Celeste’s final word was “portfolio”; misspelling it left Daniel Woodburn with “clapboard,” Daniel’s correct spelling of the word crowned him the 2019 Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee Champion.