High school spellers jitter about on stage as they wait for their turn at the in-house spelling bee.

Practice round begins, and all do well, but this does not stop Mr. Thomas from joking around with the contestants.

His first victim is H. Phan. Phan spells her word correctly and gives a satisfied look when, out of nowhere, Mr.Thomas asks her to speak into the microphone which is about a foot above her!

T. Arredando is asked to spell access, when believing she has spelled access correctly, Mr. Thomas says she has spelled it incorrectly and it is actually spelled a-x-e-s.

Arredando was quickly saddened, but soon realized she was the second victim of Mr. Thomas’s slyness.

C. Morley serves justice while pretending that he cannot hear what Mr.Thomas is saying.

The match continued on, and the games ceased as the competition grew more serious.

However, in the crowd, two eighth graders, E. Do and M. Nguyen, zip up their jackets and pull their hoods over their heads only to show their eyes. On lookers claimed that they were playing ninja.

The competition narrowed to K. Trinh and Phan who joked around with each other in between words. Phan came out as the over all winner of the Spelling Bee, giving Trinh second place, but both Phan and Trinh will represent Bethel’s high school at G.S.A.C.S.