Tess McGrew of Good Shepherd Regional School took first place in the New Jersey Knights of Columbus 2011 State Spelling Bee, held in Brick, N.J., on April 10. The eighth-grader took first place at the Collingswood school’s local Knights of Columbus spelling bee and third place in the diocesan spelling bee before moving on to the state competition, where she competed with 17 other students from the six dioceses in New Jersey.