The community is invited to watch the island’s brightest spelling stars during the 2011 Orcas Island All Schools Spelling Bee on Friday, March 18 at 9 a.m. at the Orcas Christian School Gymnasium.

The following students have won their Class Bees and will compete for the Apple iPad Grand Prize and highly sought-after 2011 Orcas Island Spelling Bee Champion title:

Orcas Island Elementary School: Nate Smith (4th); Kayla Chapman (4th); Evelyn Hance (4th); Joe Reigel (4th); Abby Lawson (5th); Monica Connell (5th).

Orcas Island Middle School: Axel Greening (6th); Emma Heikkinen (6th); Evan Tidrington (6th); Grayson White (6th); Claire Orser (7th); Julianna Rose (7th); Anthony Kaskurs (7th); Cedar Pavitt (7th); Elizabeth Agnew (8th); Angel Kaltenbach (8th).

OASIS: Christian Bailey (6th) and Ester Derr (4th).

Spring Street International School: Maddy Hance (6th) and Gunnar Sandwith (6th).

Orcas Christian School: Anna Veldman (4th); Violet Sturk (5th); Stephanie Harris (6th); Peter Miller (7th); Mara Nutt (8th).