The Taylor County Systemwide Spelling Bee was held Monday, February 8 at 9AM in the TCSD Auditorium. The winner and runner-up were 7th graders Kaitlyn Barrow and Mervyn Praveen, respectively. Kaitlyn will go on to represent Taylor County in the GAE District 6 Spelling Bee at the Pettigrew Center at Fort Valley State University on Saturday, February 27 at 10AM. Other participants in the Systemwide Spelling Bee were Eliza Eriksen, Carson Westbrook, McKenna Leverett, Chandler Denton and Taniya Allen.