Congratulations to the 2020 St. Louis Post Dispatch Spelling Bee Finalists and FFSD's very own, Josie Renaud, a fifth-grade student at Griffith Intermediate.
Due to novel coronavirus, the final round of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Regional Spelling Bee as well as the Scripps
National Spelling Bee was unable to be held. These 36 finalists, including 11 eighth graders, advanced from the
semi-final bee. Join us in celebrating their many spelling bee and academic accomplishments!
Josie Renaud
Griffith Intermediate School
Grade: 5
An animal you want to be: A rabbit because they're adorable and remind me of Easter and chocolate.
Favorite book: “The King's Equal" by Katherine Paterson
Favorite subject: Math
Favorite word: Anatidaephobia, the fear of being looked at by a duck.
Hero: My hero is Galileo because he discovered so much about outer space, including some of Jupiter’s moons, and he has been called "the father of modern physics."
