Quint Karlsson of Crofton Middle School outlasted 24 other school level spellers on Saturday, March 9, 2024, to capture the title at the 36th annual Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee.

Quint Karlsson holding up spelling bee trophy Quint correctly spelled the word “emolument” in the eighth round to win the championship. Beorn Moon of Lindale Middle School finished second and Kasey Capili of MacArthur Middle School. Moon and Capili had to take part in a “spell off” to decide second and third place.

The Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee is presented annually by the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Office of Secondary Reading, English, & Integrated Literacy. This year’s presenting sponsors were Educational Systems Federal Credit Union and DALY. The event co-sponsors are Development Facilitators, Inc. (DFI), M&T Bank, and Horace Mann. The year’s event sponsors were American College of Education, Care First, National Teacher Association, Ricoh, and Whiting Turner.

Quint will represent Anne Arundel County in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

Also competing in this year’s AACPS Countywide Spelling Bee were:

Annapolis Middle School: Cesar Melendez-Gomez
Arundel Middle School: Mason Caron
Brooklyn Park Middle School: Celine Lai
Central Middle School: Dhyan Patel
Chesapeake Bay Middle; School: Conner Redmond
Chesapeake Science Point: Adesina Adeleye
Corkran Middle School; Andre Bediako
Indian Creek School; Cooper Geismar
Magothy River Middle School: Joel Charles
Marley Middle School: Rylan Joy Scott
Meade Middle School: Nadia Cotton
Monarch Global Academy; Joshua Ghee
Northeast Middle School: Nicole Makuza
Old Mill Middle School North: Ivanka Disanayaka
Old Mill Middle School South: Braelyn Gilmore
School of the Incarnation: Jordan Erzen
Severna Park Middle School: Eliza Prigge
Severn River Middle School: Paige Fergus
Severn School: Sofie Patzer
Southern Middle School: Juliet James
Andrew’s United Methodist Day School: Amelia Pfeiffer
Wiley H. Bates Middle School: KaDee Clowry

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a not-for-profit educational promotion sponsored by The E.W. Scripps Company in conjunction with businesses and community organizations around the world. Each sponsor organizes a spelling bee program in its community with the cooperation of area school officials: private, charter, parochial, public, and home schools.

QUINT KARLSSON OF CROFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL WINS 36TH ANNUAL ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SPELLING BEE