by Xiumei Dong | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Sixth-graders Vasundara Govindarajan and Kyla Lin Truong headed into the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday with high hopes of carrying on family traditions, but only one of the South Florida girls made it into Thursday’s final round....
by Steve Musal | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Two central San Joaquin Valley, California, girls found their spelling journeys halted Wednesday, each by a single-letter error and the sound of a disqualification bell at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ananya Vinay of Fresno and...
by Meggie Morris | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Silently fixated on the palm of her hand, 13-year-old Sophia Hoffman of Lee’s Summit meticulously traced the word “sequacious.” “That is correct,” said Mary Brooks, the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s head judge. “I was really nervous...
by Kierra Gray | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.– O-S-C-I- L-L-O-M-E-T-E-R. noun, Medicine/Medical. – an instrument for measuring the changes in pulsations in the arteries, especially of the extremities – Merriam-Webster dictionary. Tirzah Schanding, a 13-year-old from Winchester, had...
by Jasmine Cen | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Even though Ohio eighth-grader Ryan Staton tripped on the word “ceraceous,” the speller says he was in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the experience more than the price. Ryan was eliminated in the second round. “[I]...
by Haydee Clotter & Brooke Rayford | May 25, 2016 | Education, Topics
Brooke Rayford and Haydee Clotter give a live update from the Scripps National Spelling Bee....
