The Surry County School System hosted the 2025 spelling bee on February 6, 2025, at Surry County Service Center. Mrs. Ashley Mills pronounced the words in the championship bee. Mrs. Mills is the Managing Director of the Surry County Schools Educational Foundation.
Piper Patton won the championship bee in the 6th round. Piper will compete with approximately three dozen other student spellers from northwest North Carolina at the Carolina Panthers Regional Spelling Bee at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC.
The following students placed in the championship and school spelling bees. They are pictured with Superintendent Dr. Travis L. Reeves and Surry County Board of Education member R. Kent Whitaker. L-R Jayden Knight, Piper Patton, and Fatime Pacheco-Navarro. Individual School Champions are also pictured.
Championship Bee:
1st place - Piper Patton from Meadowview Magnet Middle
2nd place - Fatima Pacheco-Navarro from Rockford Elementary
3rd place - Jayden Knight from Pilot Mountain Middle
Individual School Champions:
Daleyza Avila from Cedar Ridge Elementary
Veda Boyette from Copeland Elementary
Myleigh Medley from Dobson Elementary
Kalvin-James Burkart from Flat Rock Elementary
Nolan Kelley from Franklin Elementary
Riley Kreger from Mountain Park Elementary
Jaxon Yard from Pilot Mountain Elementary
Jett Cox from Shoals Elementary
Tobin Shaw from Westfield Elementary
Miranda Graybeal from White Plains Elementary
Hank Stanley from Central Middle
Emily Odum from Gentry Middle
Cason White from Surry Online Magnet School
