Abigail Fitzgibbon Archives

Charlotte’s Web teaches kids, adults meaning of friendship

by Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW | Oct 23, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

The cast members of Young Performers Theater's production of Charlotte's Web aren’t just here to put on a show, They’re learning how be expressive, how to be confident, how to listen and the true meaning of friendship. And they hope the adults in the audience will take a lesson home from the play as well. Read More

When you give a middle schooler a microphone…

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Mar 4, 2015 | Local News

For four days this February (Feb. 16 - Feb. 19, 2015), six students from Blatchley Middle School ventured off campus to learn the craft of radio at the KCAW studios. Yesterday (3-3-15), The Blatchley Variety Show aired in tandem with the Mt. Edgecumbe Radio Club. This 20-minute radio program featured a medley of songs, skits, and student produced news. Drum roll...here it is! Read More

Blatchley crowns a spelling bee c-h-a-m-p-i-o-n

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Jan 15, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated, The CorvidEYE

Minuscule. Hydroponic. Spoonerism. These and over 100 other words of escalating difficulty were posed before participants at the Blatchley Middle School Spelling Bee. Read More

Sitka 7th-grader triumphant at state Spelling Bee

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 6, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

A Sitka seventh-grader has won the state spelling bee. Abigail Fitzgibbon was the Sitka champion last year as a sixth-grader, but was unseated earlier this year in a dazzling spell-off with eighth-grader Kyle Vidad. Fitzgibbon represented Sitka last weekend in Anchorage as a runner up, but nevertheless managed to run away with the state trophy. Read More

E-l-e-c-t-r-i-f-y-i-n-g-!

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 15, 2014 | The CorvidEYE

In what was one of the most tightly-contested spelling bees in recent memory, 27 grade-level finalists at Blatchley Middle School in Sitka spelled their way to word no. 208 on the official Scripps National Spelling Bee list Wednesday night (1-15-14). In the end it boiled down to eighth-grader Kyle Vidad and defending champion Abigail Fitzgibbon. The two went head-to-head for eight rounds, until Fitzgibbon tripped on "matriculation" and Vidad successfully spelled "smithereens" to win the round, and then "aerodynamic" to win the championship. Test a friend on these words Abby and Kyle spelled with nearly one-hundred fans looking on: Read More