Carter Hawkins wins district-wide spelling bee

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 10:20am — John Embry

Carter Hawkins, Morgan McKinney, Briley Webster, and Butler County Schools' Superintendent Scott Howard

The Butler County School's district-wide spelling bee was held Tuesday, February 7, at Education Complex. Carter Hawkins, 7th grade representative of Butler County Middle School, won first place. Carter is the son of Jeff and Annie Hawkins. Morgan McKinney, 5th grade representative of Morgantown Elementary School, won 2nd place. Morgan is the daughter of Brian and Paige McKinney. Briley Webster, 5th grade representative of North Butler Elementary, won 3rd place. Briley is the daughter of Jeff and Krista Webster.

Carter will compete in the state spelling bee on Saturday, March 11, at the Center for Arts in the Derby Festival Spelling Bee at Louisville, Kentucky.

"I am very excited each year to attend the district wide spelling bee. It is great to watch each school winner come together and compete for the district title," said Supt. Scott Howard. "All of the students were fantastic, and I am very proud of each of them. I wish Carter the best of luck at the next level. I know he will represent Butler County in an awesome way! I would like to thank Ms. Vickie Cook for all of her hard work making this event such a success!"

"We are so proud of Carter and all he has accomplished," said B.C.M.S. Principal Tim Freeman. "We wish him well and will continue to support his accomplishments as he represents Butler County Board of Education and Butler County Middle School."