Students will compete Monday, Feb. 13, at the 2017 Cloverleaf Spelling Competition.
There will be numerous cash prizes, with the top prize being paid admission to the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in the spring.
The competition is open to Berrien, Cass and Van Buren county public and parochial school districts’ top three school spellers in an individual spelling contest.
The Herald Palladium, Cook Nuclear Plant/AEP, Berrien Regional Education Service Agency and Lake Michigan College/Mendel Center sponsor the event. Co-sponsors include Honor Credit Union, Hexco Academic, Pizza Hut of Michigan, Jay Sugarman (an individual donor) and Merriam-Webster.
The top three students from each school district participated in their own local school competitions earlier this year, granting them the opportunity to compete at the regional event.
Participating schools include:
• Bangor Middle School
• Benton Harbor Girls Academy
• Berrien Springs Middle School
• Brandywine Elementary School
• Brown Elementary School
• Buchanan Middle School
• Christ Lutheran School
• Countryside Academy-Elementary
• Grace Christian School
• Hartford Middle School
• Lakeshore Lifelong Learners
• Lakeshore Middle School
• Lawton Middle School
• Lincoln Elementary
• New Buffalo Middle School
• Niles Extended School Community
• Ring Lardner Middle School
• Trinity Lutheran, Berrien Springs
• River School, Sodus Township Number 5
• Ruth Murdoch Elementary School
• Upton Middle School