All 3 LA County spellers advance to 3rd round of National Spelling Bee

All 3 LA County spellers advance to 3rd round of National Spelling Bee

All three spellers from Los Angeles County advanced to the third round of Scripps National Spelling Bee Tuesday at Constitution Hall in Washington, while the lone entrant from Orange County was eliminated in the second round. Oliver Halkett, who tied for seventh in last year’s bee, correctly spelled astilbe in the first round and provided the correct response to the second-round vocabulary question, “What is the main ingredient in ganache?” sele…

Georgia spellers advance to third round of Scripps National Spelling Bee

Both representatives from Georgia advanced to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC on May 26. Sarv Dharavane from Peachtree Middle School in Dunwoody the state’s winner, correctly spelled “heiau,” which is a Hawaiian sacred place, then defined “veracity” as a “the quality of conforming to facts, truthfulness, or habitual honesty.” Sarv Dharavane competes in first round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on May…