Fifth grader Giselle Sethi won the St. John's Episcopal School Middle School Spelling Bee on December 9. Competing against 20 other students, she prevailed in the 12th round after spelling the word "inchoate" correctly. Sethi, with eighth grader Elise Welch as her alternate, will compete in the Dallas County Private School Spelling Bee February 17. The top five finishers in the St. John's bee were Sethi, Welch, Camden Reeves (fifth grade), Caroline Kulas (eighth grade) and Sam Bhasin (seventh grade).