After 21 rounds, Lannien Dunn, a fifth-grade student from Bear River Charter School, was crowned champion after properly spelling “turbines.” This was the first unified regional bee for several charter schools in northern Utah.
A 12-year-old first-time contestant rose above 196 others to emerge as the winner of the 2018 National Spelling Bee held in Ghana. Shifa Amankwa-Gabbey from Nagie’s Angels Educational Centre burst into tears when she correctly spelled the championship word, "wamara." The Young Educators Foundation organizes the local event with the support of several sponsors.
Sania Naik, an eighth-grader at Academy I Middle School in Jersey City, New Jersey, won the 59th annual Jersey Journal-Hudson County Spelling Bee, presented by AAA, by correctly spelling "vamplate." It's a skill that runs in the family, Sania's sister, Nisha, participated in the national finals in 2006.
The first regional bee for 2018 was in Belmont County, Ohio. Linh Le, an eighth grader from St. Clairsville Middle School, correctly spelled "sinister" and "lenient" to win the trophy and prizes including a trip to the national finals in the Washington D.C. area. Thanks to all the local sponsors: The Times Leader, Belmont Savings Bank, Goldberg, Persky & White, East Central Ohio Educational Service Center, Airport Limousine Service and AAA Auto Club.
I wan out of my sight!!!
I am not an amazing speller like some of you all out there, but I just wanted to share my story about the 3rd grade classroom bee. I remember how nervous I was and the thumping of my heart, my first word was destiny and to me that was a sign that I was meant to win, I watched my friends get out on words like flexible and screaming in my head to them about how it was an I not an A. Eventually I did win just as I had predicted. I was very happy.
My dream began with an impromptu classroom spelling bee, but it grew with the help of a movie. This movie was Akeelah and the Bee. While this movie is a fictional docudrama, it inspired me to have a goal in my spelling bee journey and to believe that anything is possible. After watching this movie, I believed in my dream of making it to the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee.