Watch more and discuss:br br Northeast Elementary School's Spelling Bee not only tested spelling skills, but also supported a cause. The R spelling competition's founders, Andy Sklover and Elizabeth Kenny, both have children named Ryan who have type-one diabetes. br "That's why we called it the R squared Spelling Bee," said Kenny. br Proceeds from the first annual Bee will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the largest charitable supporter of Type 1 Diabetes, as well as the school's Parent Teacher Organization. br "There are more and more kids diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes everyday. So it's very extraordinary that there's only two children in this very large school." br Kenny says they decided to create a fundraiser for the JDRF that's kid-involved, and educational. br "In today's world when you have all that technology where you spell-check everything, I think spelling is a lost art. So we also felt as if this program would bring that back," said Kenny. br Student finalists in grades 3 through 5 were quizzed per class, as well as adult competitors in a second round. Organizers say they raised 4,000 dollars in the beginning of the evening, and hoped to reach their goal of 5,000. br The student winners are as follows: br 3rd grade: Arjun Batra who won by correctly spelling "mislead" br 4th grade: Christian Rubino Chuckas, who correctly spelled "obliterate" br 5th grade: Gordon Ensign, who correctly spelled "taboo" br br Each student won a Kindle Fire, and an Amazon.com gift certificate.