OUR 2026 REGIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNERS
Rithvi Balajee – Stratford School
Ishani Dashgupta – Basis Independent Silicon Valley
Navika Joseph – William Hopkins Junior High School
Aiden Meng – Orinda Intermediate School
Our Judges and Volunteers
The list below are our students who competed in the Regional Spelling Competition on March 29th.
| First Name | Last Name | School Name | School Contact Name | School City | School County |
| Aarush | Khatua | Harvey Green Elementary School | Trisha Johnson | Fremont | Alameda |
| Aden | Li | Challenger School – Shawnee | Erik Eastman | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Adviti | Soma | Stratford School – Pleasanton Middle School | Dahlia Salazar | Pleasanton | Alameda |
| Alisha | Sardesai | Los Cerros Middle School | Lee Gellman | Danville | Contra Costa |
| Alon | Steiman | Pine Valley Middle School | Sandra Arechaederra | San Ramon | Contra Costa |
| Ananya | Venkateswaran | William Hopkins Junior High School | Tammy Woolbright | Fremont | Alameda |
| Anish | Manam | Challenger School – Berryessa | Tina Nguyen | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Aprameya | Yerramilli | Pleasanton Virtual Academy | Lisa Highfill | Pleasanton | Alameda |
| Arjun | Aggarwal | Bertha Taylor Elementary School | Krystle | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Arsheya | Mahanty | Fred Weibel Elementary School | Annie Lee | Fremont | Alameda |
| Athena | Yin | Gale Ranch Middle | Lauren Geche | San Ramon | Contra Costa |
| Avaneesh | Tiwari | J Douglas Adams Middle School | Kathleen Bartling | Brentwood | Contra Costa |
| Avika | Gupta | Tom Matsumoto Elementary School | Sandeep Gupta | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Ben | Bress | Orinda Intermediate School | Suzy Kisch | Orinda | Contra Costa |
| Benjamin | Rosenthal | School Of The Madeleine | Paula Rice | Berkeley | Alameda |
| Cade | Kuchen | Saint Perpetua Catholic School | Heidi Schwarck | Lafayette | Contra Costa |
| Chloe | Azevedo | Stratford Middle School | Joanie Campbell | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Clare | N. Chavar | École De Chavars | Al Chavar | Mountain View | Santa Clara |
| Cynthia | Lu | Basis Independent Upper School Fremont | Jonathan Mariscal | Fremont | Alameda |
| Cynthia | Xu | Challenger School-Middlefield | Rita Outhabong | Palo Alto | Santa Clara |
| Daniel | Navi | Sonoma Country Day School | Jaime Dada | Santa Rosa | Sonoma |
| Elizabeth | Chiu | Basis Independent Upper School Fremont | Jonathan Mariscal | Fremont | Alameda |
| Emily | Jiang | Basis Independent Silicon Valley | Josh Henriquez | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Ethan | Wu | Dayton Elementary School | Theresa Hall | San Leandro | Alameda |
| Isabele | N. Chavar | École De Chavars | Al Chavar | Mountain View | Santa Clara |
| Ishani | Dasgupta | Basis Independent Silicon Valley | Josh Henriquez | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Jachai | Jaspan | The Burkard School | Cooper Zak | San Mateo | null |
| Janvi | Dutta Roy | Walt Disney Elementary School | Binny Dhillon | San Ramon | Contra Costa |
| Joshua | Yeung | Warm Springs Elementary School | Scott Iwata | Fremont | Alameda |
| Katie | Lin | Mission Hills Middle School | Neetika Nigam | Union City | Alameda |
| Luke | Villalobos | Saint Robert School | Julie Doyle | San Bruno | San Mateo |
| Manasvini | Polavarapu | Stratford Elementary Washington Park | Sujata Makaram | Sunnyvale | Santa Clara |
| Manav | Gupta | Basis Independent Silicon Valley | Josh Henriquez | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Mandara | Mandeyam-Rao | Redwood Middle School | Vrinda Nandan | Saratoga | Santa Clara |
| Matt | Liu | Challenger School – Almaden | Tatiana Harper | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Mauryavardhan Reddy | Kudumula | Harvest Grove Virtual Academy | Angela Mullen | Brentwood | Contra Costa |
| Mukund | Rangarajan | Gale Ranch Middle | Lauren Geche | San Ramon | Contra Costa |
| Navika | Joseph | William Hopkins Junior High School | Tammy Woolbright | Fremont | Alameda |
| Noah | Larner | Orinda Intermediate School | Suzy Kisch | Orinda | Contra Costa |
| Odin | Henderson | Natalie Lipman Middle School | Chris Hoaglund | Brisbane | San Mateo |
| Owen | Koskelainen | Pleasanton Virtual Academy | Lisa Highfill | Pleasanton | Alameda |
| Owen | Brintnall | Dartmouth Middle School | Kim Stock | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Parth | Gupta | Stratford School – Palo Alto | Erica Coye | Palo Alto | Santa Clara |
| Penelope | Do | Thomas Russell Middle School | Peter Salazar | Milpitas | Santa Clara |
| Phoebe | Nguyen | Silver Oak Elementary School | Koko Su | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Phoebe | Lum | La Entrada School | Shira Jordan | Menlo Park | San Mateo |
| RAGHAV | MUDIGONDA | Kolb Elementary School | Clara Lee | Dublin | Alameda |
| Remi | Yang | Bret Harte Middle School | Scott Murray | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Rithvi | Balajee | Stratford School – Pleasanton Middle School | Dahlia Salazar | Pleasanton | Alameda |
| Ronald | Naing | Thomas Russell Middle School | Peter Salazar | Milpitas | Santa Clara |
| Saniya | Khani | Hikmah School | Nazia Banu | Brentwood | Contra Costa |
| Sarah | Tam | Zion Lutheran School | Corey Baden | San Francisco | San Francisco |
| Shardul | Ambekar | Chaboya Middle School | Shuchi Agarwal | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Shourya | Sodhani | Stratford Preparatory School | Melissa Moore | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Shraddha | Sridhar | Windemere Ranch Middle School | Kirstin Souza | San Ramon | Contra Costa |
| Tanush | Angadi | Walnut Creek Intermediate School | Julie Elliott | Walnut Creek | Contra Costa |
| Trishika | Thakur | Steindorf Steam School | Vinay Patil | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Vibinav | Sudhakar | Loma Vista Elementary School | Phyllis Foreman | Brentwood | Contra Costa |
| Violet | Xu | Kids Connection Elementary School | Alexis Taylor | Foster City | San Mateo |
| Vivian | Park | Albany Middle School | Linda Perez | Albany | Alameda |
| Waaris | Ubhi | Emma C Smith Elementary School | Mindy Thralls | Livermore | Alameda |
| William | Schubert | Easterbrook Discovery School | Seema Salgaonkar | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Yi | Yang | Joaquin Miller Middle School | Hiroko Niksch | San Jose | Santa Clara |
| Youning (Aiden) | Meng | Orinda Intermediate School | Suzy Kisch | Orinda | Contra Costa |
