Tomball ISD 2025-2026 Spanish Spelling Bee Champion Crowned

TOMBALL - Tomball ISD celebrated campus Spanish Spelling Champions at the annual District Spanish Spelling Bee Competition, hosted at the Tomball Event Center.

Campus Champions - Spanish Spelling Bee, Grades 4-5

• Creekview Elementary - Ainoa Zuloaga
• Creekview Elementary - Rodrigo Zarate Mourey
• Creekview Elementary - Mila Frison
• Canyon Pointe Elementary - Gabriel Pulgar Villalobos
• Canyon Pointe Elementary - Avril Romero Dominguez
• Canyon Pointe Elementary - Izan Rodriguez Manzanilla
• Rosehill Elementary - Kenneth Iskra
• Rosehill Elementary - Sarah Toyens Ojeda
• Rosehill Elementary - Lyanna Garcia
• Timber Creek Elementary - Milagros Alamos Garcia-Huidobro
• Timber Creek Elementary - Valeria Amozurrutia Castillo Tapia
• Timber Creek Elementary - Sofia Garcia De Albizu Ibanez
• Northpointe Intermediate - Elena Vargas Almodovar
• Oakcrest Intermediate - Esther Perez Tudore
• Oakcrest Intermediate - Genesis Mexicano
• Oakcrest Intermediate - Carlotta Villalobos Lores
• West Intermediate - Daniel Victoriano
• West Intermediate - Alexander Padilla
• West Intermediate - Elyssa Sleight

Representing Tomball ISD as Grades 4-5 Tomball ISD Spanish Spelling Bee are winners: 

• Ainoa Zuloaga - Creekview Elementary
• Elena Vargas Almodovar - Northpointe Intermediate
• Avril Romero Dominguez - Canyon Pointe Elementary

These three advanced through 29 rounds of competition.

All three winners earned the right to advance to the 2nd Annual Regional Competition, hosted by the Region 4 Education Service Center in Houston on February 4, 2026. Regional winners will have a chance to compete at the Texas State Spelling Bee.

Campus Champions - Spanish Spelling Bee, Grades 6-8 

• 1st - Creekside Park Junior High - Claudia Garcia de Albizo Ibanez
• Creekside Park Junior High - Misael Parra Gonzalez
• Creekside Park Junior High - Leonora Duran Chacon
• Grand Lakes Junior High - Cristobal Andres Lugo Romero
• Grand Lakes Junior High - Samantha Chavez Zavalza
• Grand Lakes Junior High - Hardy Yahir Lores Castillo
• Oakcrest Intermediate - Christian Curiel
• Oakcrest Intermediate - Antonello Montero
• Oakcrest Intermediate - Camila Silva
• Tomball Junior High - Ian Powery
• Tomball Junior High - Nacor Lopez Espinoza
• Tomball Junior High - Denis Guevara Aviles
• West Intermediate - Corwin Thorp
• 3rd - West Intermediate - Sydney Barnett
• West Intermediate - Christian Saavedra
• Willow Wood Junior High - Bailey Mendoza
• 2nd - Willow Wood Junior High - Camila Yonez Orozco
• Willow Wood Junior High - Valeria Guerrero Rivas

Representing Tomball ISD as Grades 6-8 Spanish Spelling Bee winners:

• 1st: Claudia Garcia de Albizu Ibanez (Creekside Park Junior High)
• 2nd: Camila Yanez Orozco (Willow Wood Junior High)
• 3rd:  Sydney Barnett (West Intermediate)

Claudia Garcia de Albizu captured first place in round 8 by spelling the word ‘tembloroso’ correctly. 

For their efforts in placing among the Top 3, all three have earned the right to advance to the 2nd Annual Regional Competition, hosted by the Region 4 Education Service Center in Houston on February 4, 2026. Regional winners will have a chance to compete at the Texas State Spelling Bee.

ABOUT TOMBALL ISD
Tomball ISD educates students to become responsible, productive citizens by providing innovative, individually rigorous, and personally valuable educational experiences. Founded in 1908, Tomball ISD now encompasses 83 square miles in northwest Harris County and southwest Montgomery County, and is located approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. The district currently educates over 23,000 students across 25 campuses.