VVA participates in Spelling Bee Contest

Our senior students did us proud at the Annual Inter-School Spelling Bee Competition, organized by Manovikas School. In category 3 for the Classes VIII – X, which was held on 19th August 2011, Julian D’Costa (8 A) won the first place with a gold medal and a cash prize of Rs. 2000. Jude Sales (9A) stood third, winning a bronze medal and a cash prize of Rs. 1000. Karthika Pai Vernekar (9B) was the third contestant who helped the school to take the second place overall.

In the Category II for classes 6 and 7, which was held on 18th August 2011, Kurt Figueiredo, Keenan Cardozo and Raunak Kamat participated. Though they did not win, they put up a strong fight.
In Category I, Esha Dhuri, Gaven Fernandes and Trisha Naik of Class 5 also participated and stood fourth in this category. They contested against 9 other schools. All the students got a wonderful opportunity to show case their talents. English Teachers, Mrs. Pamela Torcato, Mrs. Carla Quadros and Mrs. Andrea D'Costa accompanied the students.