by John Burfisher | Jun 4, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — — Christal Schermeister of Pembroke Pines is among 41 spellers to advance to the semifinals of the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee after a tough day of competition Wednesday. Christal, who placed 22nd in last year’s bee, is ready for a triumphant...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 4, 2013 | Education
Hunter Randolph Profile from Medill Washington on Vimeo. In the second and third rounds of the National Spelling Bee, Hunter Randolph of Sanford, N.C., correctly spelled ‘paparazzo’ and ‘acetabulum.’ Unfortunately, his score on the preliminary...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 4, 2013 | Education
Ethan Wagner Profile from Medill Washington on Vimeo. Although Ethan Wagner of Cary, N.C., successfully spelled out ‘segue’ and ‘tattersall’ in the Spelling Bee’s second and third rounds, his score on the preliminary vocabulary quiz...
by Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory | Jun 3, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — Kansas City area spellers headed into their first challenge as part of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday morning: a computer-based spelling and vocabulary test. Misspellings or incorrect answers on the test don’t get spellers instantly kicked...
by David Kashi | Jun 3, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON –Isabella Neubauer has managed to spell her way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee three consecutive years, one of only 20 spellers to achieve that many repeats. “My first time I was really, really scared because I was up against a lot of people, like...
by Nadya Faulx | May 30, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON—Two points were all that stood between Aditya Mishra and Thursday’s Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals. The 11-year-old from Lincoln advanced through Wednesdays’ preliminaries with fuselage in Round Two and geanticline in Round Three (easy words,...
