Emerald Cove Middle School held its annual schoolwide spelling bee Friday, Dec. 7. The winning students were sixth grader Rosalie Karpf and seventh grader Emily Gross. They competed against 90 students who won their respective classroom spelling bees. Language arts teachers Heather Evrley, Elizabeth Thompson and Johnna Seibert served as judges. The two winners will go on to the regional spelling bee in March.