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Students spar for title of top speller

Enota, Gainesville Middle students win district bee

Hannah Stewart, of Enota Multiple Intelligence Academy, reacts to misspelling a word Friday morning during the annual Gainesville City School's elementary school spelling bee competition at Gainesville Middle School.

0211bee8 — Hannah Stewart, of Enota Multiple Intelligence Academy, reacts to misspelling a word Friday morning during the annual Gainesville City School's elementary school spelling bee competition at Gainesville Middle School.

Algae and mahogany aren’t words you use every day. Certainly not words frequently used by elementary and middle schoolers. Nonetheless, those were the two words that won the Gainesville district’s elementary and middle school spelling bees Friday at the Gainesville Middle library.