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Can you spell F-U-N?

Camas School District second-graders enjoy first spelling bee

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Camas Superintendent Mike Nerland presents prizes to the winners of the all-district spelling bee recently. From left are Elizabeth Gillespie, Ali Burris and Jacob Leetham. Second-grade students from Grass Valley, Lacamas Heights, Helen Baller and Prune Hill elementary schools participated.

Keeping students engaged and focused as the end of the school year looms on the horizon has long been a struggle for teachers.

That’s why the second-grade team in the Camas School District came up with the idea of a spelling bee.

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