by Giulia Petroni | Aug 2, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The son of a fallen Marine, whose grief-stricken face became an iconic image of the war in Iraq in 2007, was presented with a scholarship Wednesday, along with more than 2,330 other young people whose parents served in the Marine Corps or Navy. In...
by Caroline Tanner | Jun 1, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Two 13-year-olds represented San Diego at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, and both Kevin Luo and Karen Sun made it through the third round on Wednesday morning. For Sun, the bee represented a life-long journey of learning...
by Em Steck | May 31, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Illinois sent 26 students to the National Spelling Bee, the fifth largest group of any state competing. First-time contender and sixth grader Atman Balakrishnan from Chicago is one of those competitors, and one of the 22 who advanced to...
by Anna Kook | May 31, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — It was smooth sailing through round three of the spelling bee for Ben Franklin 8th grader Tobi Shorunke of Fargo. Shorunke easily spelled the word “deliverable” in round 3 and moved on successfully to the 4th round. He is the only speller from...
by Em Steck | May 30, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Illinois sent 26 spellers to the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year, — a record number for the state — and after Tuesday’s opening rounds, 22 earned slots in the third round on Wednesday, correctly spelling such words as “sluvrian” and...
by Cailin Crowe | May 30, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Frederick’s Charles Millard still considers himself a winner despite misspelling “germon,” the French word for a type of tuna, in the first round of Tuesday’s National Scripps Spelling Bee. “In my mind I’ve already won,” he said before taking...
