As I was searching for spelling bee articles of recent local bees, I came across one that might interest others. The sister Kavya Shivashankar (2009 National Spelling Bee Champion), Vanya, will be heading back to Washington, D.C. for the second time. She missed the 2011 Bee, but she is back this year. She is a contender for that trophy, and I wish her good luck!
http://www.kmbc.com/r/30420304/detail.html
There may be two five-peats this year: Nicholas Rushlow and Rahul Malayappan. Unfortunately this is their last year, so they are contenders as well. There have not been any five-peats since 2008, and there has been only one five-peat champion (2006 - Kerry Close).
Good luck to all of you, and if one of my friends make it, I'll see you at nationals!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Congratulations to the First National Qualifier!
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120202/lead/lead1.html
The Bee is getting closer all the time! A speller from Jamaica has qualified to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. From past years spellers from Jamaica have done exceptionally well at the National Spelling Bee, but in 1998 Jody-Ann Maxwell won the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
Good luck to the rest of the spellers competing!
The Bee is getting closer all the time! A speller from Jamaica has qualified to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. From past years spellers from Jamaica have done exceptionally well at the National Spelling Bee, but in 1998 Jody-Ann Maxwell won the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
Good luck to the rest of the spellers competing!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Final Spelling Bees Commence!
Today is the start of many final spelling bees before the Scripps National Spelling Bee! This is very exciting, but some final Bees do not come until March or April!
For the spellers from the Salt Lake Valley:
Date: March 10, 2012
Location: Juan Diego Catholic High School Auditorium (300 East 11800 South Draper, Utah 84020)
Time: It's somewhere between 8:30 to 9:00 (I think)
I do not know how many spellers there will be this year, because it seems to double every year! In 2009 there were about twenty spellers, in 2010 there were about 40 spellers, and in 2011 there were about 80 spellers.
For the spellers from Utah Valley/Wasatch Mountain Range/and the other locations around that area:
Date: March 24, 2010
Location: Scera Theater (745 South State Street Orem, Utah 84058)
Time: I have to find this out, so watch for more details!
Last year, a speller from the Utah Valley advanced to the semifinals. Unfortunately she was eliminated in Round 5 with the word privatim (privatum), but she was outstanding the entire Bee. She has been the only speller from Utah to make it past preliminaries ever since the notorious Round 1 test began in 2002.
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_c99ce2ca-62b3-5eef-8969-7e993f8a0b75.html
For the other spellers from around the world, good luck to you all!
I only have two friends remaining in the spelling bee. They are studying very hard, and they want to make it to nationals so badly! If one of them win, I may be at nationals this year!
For the spellers from the Salt Lake Valley:
Date: March 10, 2012
Location: Juan Diego Catholic High School Auditorium (300 East 11800 South Draper, Utah 84020)
Time: It's somewhere between 8:30 to 9:00 (I think)
I do not know how many spellers there will be this year, because it seems to double every year! In 2009 there were about twenty spellers, in 2010 there were about 40 spellers, and in 2011 there were about 80 spellers.
For the spellers from Utah Valley/Wasatch Mountain Range/and the other locations around that area:
Date: March 24, 2010
Location: Scera Theater (745 South State Street Orem, Utah 84058)
Time: I have to find this out, so watch for more details!
Last year, a speller from the Utah Valley advanced to the semifinals. Unfortunately she was eliminated in Round 5 with the word privatim (privatum), but she was outstanding the entire Bee. She has been the only speller from Utah to make it past preliminaries ever since the notorious Round 1 test began in 2002.
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_c99ce2ca-62b3-5eef-8969-7e993f8a0b75.html
For the other spellers from around the world, good luck to you all!
I only have two friends remaining in the spelling bee. They are studying very hard, and they want to make it to nationals so badly! If one of them win, I may be at nationals this year!
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