by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | May 29, 2014 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Aditya Mishra mastered “mélange” and “catalepsy” in the opening rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday. But the seventh-grader at Olympus Junior High School in Roseville won’t be moving on to Thursday’s semifinal round....
by Mackenzie Allen | May 29, 2014 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A Fort Worth 7th grader is one step closer to his goal of earning his way to the finals at Scripps National Spelling Bee. In his second year at the spelling bee, 13-year-old Ansun Sujoe of Bethesda Christian School advanced to Thursday’s...
by Mary Lee & Ramsen Shamon | May 29, 2014 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — “Facetious … Intarsia.” Those were the words Eileen Xue nailed during the second and third preliminary rounds Wednesday at the 87th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Still, the 12-year-old from Tulare didn’t advance...
by Homa Bash | May 29, 2014 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — Isabella Neubauer took her spot on stage at the Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington for the fourth year Wednesday morning, spelling the word einkorn correctly to sail on to the next round. Then she tackled the word grissino —...
by Anna Bisaro | May 29, 2014 | Education, Topics
Mary Polking awaits her turn to spell in the morning round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. (Anna Bisaro/MNS) NATIONAL HARBOR, MD – “A-P-O-G-E-E.” And just like that, Katie Danis, 14, made it through the second round on stage at the Scripps...
by Ashley Hickey | May 29, 2014 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Dylan Olster of Pembroke Pines delivered a perfect performance onstage at Wednesday’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, but fell short of advancing to Thursday’s semifinals. Offstage, it was another matter. The 281 students who qualified for...
