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Kiwanis Spelling Champion chosen to sit on stage!

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One Speller from each state is selected by the Scripps team to sit on stage for the finals (regardless of how well they do).  Our speller, Damien Handy representing Scott Middle School was selected to represent Louisiana.  Congratulations Damien – we wish you the best! Click on the letter below to enlarge it, and also read a great article about Damien in The Morning Advocate here....

Lights! Camera! Spell!

Damien Handy (Scott Middle School) our Grand Champion and winner of the 7-8 grade bee.
In about one week, our Kiwanis Spelling Champion Damien Handy will take the stage to compete in the 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. The competition will be filled with drama and excitement and you can follow Damien’s progress in a variety of ways. First, you can watch the live broadcasts: Wednesday, May 29 Preliminaries Round Two | 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT | ESPN3 http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/886725/2013-scripps-national-spelling-bee-preliminaries Round Three | 1:15 – 4:45 p.m. EDT |...

Kiwanis Spelling Champion Heads to Washington

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Congratulations to the winner of the 2013 Kiwanis Regional Spelling Bee, Damien Handy of Scott Middle School (center), who leaves Sunday to represent Acadiana at the National Spelling Bee. Damien appeared on Good Morning Acadiana this morning and participated in a live bee against Tracy Wirtz and Dave Baker – a great time was had by all. Despite Damien being a champion speller, it turns out that math is actually his favorite subject. Good luck...

One Special Day of Kiwanis Service

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Every year on a Saturday in April, Kiwanis Clubs all over the world go out in our communities for “Kiwanis One Day”  This year, April 5 was the Kiwanis One Day, and the Lafayette Kiwanis Club worked on our playgrounds and cleaned up our favorite park – Girard Park (where we helped build Parc Independence).  We started at Mouton Park, and the brand new playground that we helped fund along with the Junior League of...