by Mariam Khan | May 29, 2013 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Sixth-grader Ansun Sujoe breezed through the preliminaries in Wednesday’s second day of competition at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ansun spelled both echt and adenoidal correctly. But the addition of vocabulary to this year’s bee tripped...
by Meghan Anne Bunchman | May 28, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — Mitchell Kameha Miya, 14, of Hanford, was going to to follow his breakfast ritual Tuesday before stepping up to compete in the 86th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. “I have to have French toast before a competition … with butter and...
by Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory | May 28, 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 Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory | May 28, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — Four Kansas City-area students are set to use their knowledge of words — and their meanings — this week at the 86th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Three first-time competitors — Meah N. Wilburn, Sterling A. Hollond and Evan Filer — and bee veteran...
by Mary Lee & Anderson Xia | May 28, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — “Stromuhr,” “cymotrichous,” “guetapens,” “Laodicean.” These four words aren’t in the vocabulary of most adults, but 281 young students, including 14 from North Carolina, searching for a win at the this week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee need to know...
by Medill News Service | Apr 30, 2013 | Business & Tech, Education
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