Arizona Spelling Bee Champions

Jonathan Horton, an 8th Grade student from Gilbert who attends East Valley Christian Home Educators out-spelled 26 other students from across Arizona with the winning word munificence. He represented Arizona at the 80th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., May 30 - 31, 2007, where he placed 8th.

2007
Winner - Jonathan Horton (East Valley Christian Home Educators, Tempe)
2nd Place - Pooja Paode (Willis Jr. High School, Chandler)
3rd Place - Nicholas Connelly (Shepherd Jr. High School, Mesa)
4th Place - So-Young Chung (Terramar Elementary School, Peoria)
5th Place - Cody Crain (Desert Valley Elementary School, Glendale)

1998-2006
2006 - Jonathan Horton (East Valley Christian Home Educators, Tempe)
2005 - Jonathan Horton (Home Schooled, Gilbert)
2004 - Maddy Kloss (Ingleside Middle School, Scottsdale)
2003 - Gavin King (Bogle Jr. High School, Chandler)
2002 - Varun Rajan (Andersen Jr. High School, Chandler)
2001 - Tristan Day (Snowflake Middle School, Snowflake)
2000 - Hester Shieh (Cocopah Middle School, Scottsdale)
1999 - Abdulwahab Kahsai (Taylor Junior High School, Mesa)
1998 - Jeremy C. Young (Home Schooled, Flagstaff)