Paarth Tara plans to enjoy his second and last chance at the national finals. The eighth-grader from Woodlawn Middle School won with “protuberance.” This was the 25th Times-News Spelling Bee in Burlington, North Carolina. Tara says he plans to fit a little more fun into this year's trip to Washington, D.C.
It was a full day of spelling for Ryana Sarcar, an eighth-grader from Niskayuna school district in Schenectady, New York. After advancing through the written test, she spelled into the evening along with more than 100 other regional finalists. She finally won with "plenary."
Aristoi Classical Academy is a small charter school with a big heart. The Scripps Spelling Bee is one of the highlights in our academic school year.
The Second Annual Spelling Bee took place on January 16th and everyone is still 'a-buzzing'! Twenty-five courageous middle school students took the stage and battled through 12 rounds to an exciting, hold-your-breath finale! Battling to the end, the winning word was 'endeavor' and with the judges incessant ringing of the bell--7th grader Roderick Freeman was declared SSAC's 2018 Spelling Bee champion!
I would like to brag on Emma Bartlett. I had the pleasure of coaching her on my Spell Bowl team for two years. During her second year of competition, she earned a near perfect score. That same year, she won our local bee as a 6th grader. I always get a little more excited when one of my Spell Bowl students does well in the Spelling Bee!! This year, she won her classroom bee and came away from our local Jr. High bee as the winner. I am very glad that Emma will get to compete at the regional level again this year.
Daniel Larsen enjoyed last year's national finals so much, he was motivated to repeat as champion of the Indiana University Bee in Bloomington, Indiana. He wore his favorite lucky shirt as he correctly spelled "peccadillo" and "recidivist" to win the regional event and advance to D.C. The regional sponsor is IU's Media School and School of Education.