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Gainesville ISD hosted the 2026 Cooke County Spelling Bee on Friday, February 6, at the GISD Administration Building. Daanya Yusuf, Chalmers Elementary 4th grade student, was named the Cooke County Bee champion. Daanya will represent Cooke County at the Regional Spelling Bee in Dallas in March.
The top speller from each participating Cooke County school was invited to compete in the Bee. To be eligible, the student must be in 4th-8th grade. Also qualifying and participating in the Cooke County Bee were Cayden Lanham (7th - runner up) and Asanette Manuel (8th) from Gainesville Junior High, Maryam Yusuf (6th) and Patrick Cooper (5th) from Gainesville Intermediate, and Gavin Prude (6th) and Luke Hacker (6th-alternate)from Muenster ISD.
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