March 27, 2004

March 27, 2004--First annual w.h.a.t. Spelling Bee, held at the Wilbraham Middle School, raises over $7000 to benefit w.h.a.t. The event is sponsored by The Wilbraham Hampden Times and multiple other regional businesses and is hosted by Channel 22’s Brian Lapis. Twenty-one teams compete in six rounds of scholarly action.  “The Spellin’ Bees” win first place and capture the District Trophy, awarded annually to the school-based team placing highest in the competition, by correctly spelling euphonius.  Team members Mary “Queen Bee” Gardner, Ellen “Spellin’ Ellen” Muse, and Gina Kahn, all MRHS faculty, vow to repeat their impressive performance at next year’s Bee or banish themselves to a remote seapoose.


The Wilbraham Hampden Academic Trust, Inc.
P.O. Box 477, Wilbraham, MA 01095-0477