US EditionLocal student makes good showing at Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Eight middle schoolers from North Carolina are taking part this week in the national spelling competition held at National Harbor, Maryland.
- These students qualified by advancing through local and regional spelling bees alongside nearly 250 other participants from the U.S. And five other countries.
- The competition started Tuesday with preliminaries at 8 a.m. And will conclude Thursday evening with finals broadcast at 8 p.m. On ION.
- This year marks the event's 100th anniversary since its first edition in 1925, with the winner receiving a $50,000 cash prize and other awards.
- The event highlights strong student preparation and ongoing national interest, suggesting the spelling bee's continuing cultural significance.
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The Fort Morgan Times
Boulder speller out, second Colorado student advances in Scripps National Spelling Bee
A Colorado speller was bested by tacos Wednesday morning. Blanche Li, an eighth-grader from Boulder’s Summit Middle School, incorrectly spelled “taqueria” — a Mexican restaurant specializing especially in tacos — during the sixth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee outside Washington, D.C. The 14-year-old, sponsored by the Boulder Valley School District, was knocked out of the competition. Ved Raju, a 12-year-old in seventh grade at Auror…
LA, Orange County Students Advance to Third Round of National Spelling Bee
Two students from Los Angeles County and one from Orange County advanced to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Tuesday in National Harbor, Maryland. Oliver Halkett, Kamya Balaji and Sydney Tran each spelled a word in the first round and correctly answered a vocabulary question in the second at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. The three spellers then took a written test, the results of which have not been release…
Local student makes good showing at Scripps National Spelling Bee
Bridgeport, Ohio (WTRF) - One local student just made a good showing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. 14-year-old Brett Kuprowicz will begin his freshmen year at Bridgeport High School this fall, and was one of only 243 spellers from across the country to make it to Scripps this year. Brett took the stage Tuesday afternoon for the preliminary rounds. In Round 2, he correctly spelled the word "muktuk." That's an Aleut word …
Students from LA, OC to compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
Two students from Los Angeles County and one from Orange County will begin competing Tuesday in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. Kamya Balaji, Oliver Halkett and Sydney Tran will be asked to spell a word in the first round and correctly answer a vocabulary question in the second between 5 and 6:25 a.m. Pacific time at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. ocSpellers who advance from rounds one and two wi…
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