LPOSD announces spelling bee date

SANDPOINT — A total of 48 local students will put their spelling abilities to the text next Thursday during the district-wide spelling bee.

The Lake Pend Oreille School District’s annual spelling bee will include 16 students from each grade — fourth through sixth — who will compete at Sandpoint High School for the chance to move on to the next level. Winners of the local competition will have the chance to compete at the North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee at North Idaho College on March 16.

The local competiton will begin at 5 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Sandpoint High School auditorium, 410 South Division Ave.