by Mary Cirincione | May 29, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON—Student tributes from every state, as well as the District of Columbia, four U.S. territories and eight foreign nations came to the capital – young, talented, driven kids, each vying to win by outlasting the others. But this wasn’t the Hunger Games. It was...
by Beth Lawrence & Ramsen Shamon | May 29, 2015 | Education
OXON HILL, Md. — Vanya Shivashankar of Olathe swept into the championship round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday as one of 10 competitors for the top honor. In the semifinals, Vanya, 13, spelled “consommé,” a type of clear soup, and “mediobrome,”...
by Michaela Meaney | May 28, 2015 | Education
Snehaa Ganesh Kumar, 12, of Folsom, correctly spell her second word of the preliminaries, “pirarucu,” a type of fish found in the rivers of South America. Snehaa is announced first as one of 49 spellers to advance to the semifinals in the Scripps National...
by Janel Forte | May 28, 2015 | Education
It’s that time of the year again – the Scripps National Spelling Bee – and two spellers are representing Ohio’s Mahoning Valley in this year’s competition. Annabelle Day of Boardman and Marie Wallie of Southington are both putting their all into each letter to...
by Zachary Vasile | May 28, 2015 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Akshra Paimagam is only 12 and just finishing sixth grade. But you’ve never heard of her favorite word. “I really like the word ‘pickelhaube’ because it’s German and hard to spell,” she says. For those not in the know, it’s a spiked military...
by Zachary Vasile | May 28, 2015 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Charlotte native Akshra Paimagam was among the 49 contestants left standing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee as the first day of competition closed. During two oral spelling rounds Wednesday, 234 contestants were eliminated, leaving only a...
