by Kierra Gray | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.– O-S-C-I- L-L-O-M-E-T-E-R. noun, Medicine/Medical. – an instrument for measuring the changes in pulsations in the arteries, especially of the extremities – Merriam-Webster dictionary. Tirzah Schanding, a 13-year-old from Winchester, had...
by Jasmine Cen | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Even though Ohio eighth-grader Ryan Staton tripped on the word “ceraceous,” the speller says he was in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the experience more than the price. Ryan was eliminated in the second round. “[I]...
by Haydee Clotter & Brooke Rayford | May 25, 2016 | Education, Topics
Brooke Rayford and Haydee Clotter give a live update from the Scripps National Spelling Bee....
by Brooke Rayford, Benji Cohen and Haydee Clotter | May 25, 2016 | Education, Topics
Chicago native and Northwestern Alumnus, Randy Waterford, brought his family and daughter Ameera all the way from Hawaii to participate in the 2016 Scripps Spelling Bee. And Alette Eide, a Chicago area participant, speaks about her experience in the...
by Emiliana Molina and Kristen Vake | May 25, 2016 | Education
Washington– Medill Reporters are live from the National Spelling Bee and they take on the “running man challenge” with Spelling Bee participants. More than 11 million students participate in spelling bee’s across the nation, but only 285...
by Marisa Endicott | May 25, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Two New York City boys are among 285 elite spellers — emerging from a talent pool of more than 11 million kids — who have made it all the way to the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Cerulean Ozarow, 13, of Brooklyn, and Srinath...
