Wis. middle schooler heading to national spelling bee

6th grader headed to National Spelling Bee

SOMERS — These days, working on his spelling is like a full-time job for 11-year-old Nate Settevendemie, a skill that seems to run in his family.

Wis. middle schooler heading to national spelling bee

Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) - W-I-N-N-E-R. The badger state has a new spelling bee champion! Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya now advances to the national competition in Washington DC. The seventh grader from Blessed Sacrament passed through 22 rounds of spelling into a mic. Then he got a 100 percent score on the written portion of the bee. Try spelling "narco-hypnia" or "winceyette." They're just a couple of words Aiden was challenged with. Here's some advice from …

South Hills 7th grader to represent W.Pa. in national spelling bee

The champion of the 73rd annual Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee was crowned recently after successfully spelling the word “sensitive.” Raana...