Emily Wood may have won the Hall County School District spelling bee on Jan. 27 with the word “goatee,” but the word that stumped her the most was “pusillanimous.” “It means a lack of courage,” the seventh-grade West Hall Middle School student said. Luckily, she forged ahead with the correct spelling en route to wining the bee.
West Hall Middle's Emily Wood wins Hall County spelling bee
Seventh-grader moves to Feb. 28 districtwide bee in Winder