Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
Colony Middle School seventh-grader Jessica Rentz won the school-wide spelling bee Feb. 10 and Lunia Oriol was the runner up. The two have competed against each other since they were fifth-grade students at Cottonwood Creek Elementary when Oriol won first and Rentz was runner up.
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Colony Middle School Principal Mary McMahon, Mat-Su Borough School District Superintendent Deena Parama and spelling bee organizer Heather Beard stand with spelling bee finalist Naomi Nixon, winner Jessica Rentz and runner up Lunia Oriol.
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