by Xiumei Dong | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Vasundara Govindarajan had already exceeded her family’s high expectations when she made it to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But the sixth-grader at the Archimedean Academy in Miami was eliminated Thursday when she...
by Siri Bulusu | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A flower messed her up. With poise and composure, Eva Vega of Charlotte advanced to the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday, but was tripped up when she misspelled the word “cypripedium.” A cypripedium is a type of...
by Steve Musal | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Two central San Joaquin Valley, California, girls found their spelling journeys halted Wednesday, each by a single-letter error and the sound of a disqualification bell at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ananya Vinay of Fresno and...
by Meggie Morris | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Silently fixated on the palm of her hand, 13-year-old Sophia Hoffman of Lee’s Summit meticulously traced the word “sequacious.” “That is correct,” said Mary Brooks, the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s head judge. “I was really nervous...
by Meggie Morris | May 25, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Following in the footsteps of other talented Midwestern spellers, students from the Kansas City area are in the nation’s capital this week to compete at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. While most spellers say they are nervous to...
