by Brooke Rayford | Jun 1, 2016 | Education, Topics
Ella Peters, the only San Diego, CA representer in the Scripps National Spelling Bee can finally take a deep breath. After only three years of spelling competitions, she should be pretty proud of making it past the two spelling rounds of the bee. Ella is eligble to...
by Steve Musal | Jun 1, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — On a road somewhere in Iraq, a Marine Corps convoy grinds to a halt — not because of a roadside bomb or an ambush, but because in the middle of the road walks a white donkey, and it refuses to budge. In one of the vehicles, a Marine gunner laughs,...
by Benji Cohen | Jun 1, 2016 | Education
Maryland — Zander Reed, an eighth grader from Ames, Iowa, competed in his fourth Scipps National Spelling Bee. He is the only speller in this year’s competition to participate four years in a row.
by Siri Bulusu | Jun 1, 2016 | Topics
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by Siri Bulusu | Jun 1, 2016 | Education, Topics
At the tender age of 6, Akash Vukoti is the youngest contestant to ever compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Vukoti lost on his second turn in the oral portion of the preliminaries on the word “bacteriolytic,” and thanked his fellow...
by Siri Bulusu | Jun 1, 2016 | Topics
The nation’s brightest young people descended on Washington for the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Reporters Lydia Randall and Siri Bulusu took to the streets to find out if anyone could beat the wiz-kids at spelling. Published in conjunction...
