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Mission CISD hosted the Annual District Spelling Bee, virtually, on Friday, February 12, 2021. Midkiff Elementary student, Kaitlyn Rodriguez (4th), won the District Spelling Bee and was named Champion. She will go on to compete in the 33rd Annual Rio Grande Valley Regional Spelling Bee which will be held on Saturday, March 6th.
A total of 34 students throughout the district were named as Campus Champions and they are: Kayle Alvarez(Alton Elem.), Kimberly Cardenas (Alton Elem.), Antonio Vargas (Bryan Elem.), Reyneaux Casarez (Bryan Elem.), Alyssa Carrillo (Cantu Elem.), Noah Moody (Cantu Elem.), Juan Gonzalez (Castro Elem.), Felipe Cantu (Castro Elem.), Kayleen Chapa (Cavazos Elem.), Ubaldo Cirlos (Cavazos Elem.), Jacklyn Guerrero(Escobar Rios Elem.), Fredy Cortez (Escobar Rios Elem.), Ami Guajardo (Leal Elem.), Francisca Heredia Medina (Leal Elem.), Mia Flores (Marcell Elem.), Kamila Garza Pruneda (Marcell Elem.), Kaitlyn Rodriguez(Midkiff Elem.), Nailea Flores (Midkiff Elem.), Isabella Garcia (Mims Elem.), Joelynn Hidrogo (Mims Elem.), Malachi Garza (O’Grady Elem.), Valeria Aldrete (O’Grady Elem.), Erick Hernandez (Pearson Elem.), Kayla Ramos (Pearson Elem.), Isabella Pastor (Waitz Elem.), Jayden Ozuna (Waitz Elem.), Abby Reyna (Alton Memorial JH), Belen Duron (Alton Memorial JH), David Leal (Mission JH), Kellyanne Sosa (Mission JH), Midiam Cano (K. White JH), Marco Nikolas Lopez (K. White JH), Kiyanna Martinez (R. Cantu JH), and Katelyn Silva (R. Cantu JH).
The Annual District Spelling Bee also named several students as Campus Alternates and they are: Madalynn Reyna (Alton Elem.), Sebastian Moore (Bryan Elem.), Simon Garcia (Cantu Elem.), Ella Gaitan (Castro Elem.), Kabrina Cano (Cavazos Elem.), Ricardo Martinez (Escobar Rios Elem.), Luisa Rios (Leal Elem.), Sofia Espinoza (Marcell Elem.), Sarahi Sandoval (Midkiff Elem.), Lina Villarreal (Mims Elem.), Alan Lopez(O’Grady Elem.), Lynn Guerrero (Pearson Elem.), Bonifacio Salinas (Waitz Elem.), Erika Faz (Alton Memorial JH), Gilberto Silva (Mission JH), Matthew Cortez (K. White JH), and Jessica Martinez (R. Cantu JH).
