I have been busy lately with school and many other activities. My sister just got second place at her school bee today, and she's going to district (which is just all the other campuses of her school; she goes to a charter school, which has several campuses). If she wins that, she'll go to the Salt Lake Valley Spelling Bee. Speaking of the spelling bee in the Salt Lake Valley, we almost did not have a sponsor. A few weeks ago, the valley finally got a sponsor for the Bee.
Some regional bees already have determined who they are sending to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Judging from this year's school list, they included words such as don't and bella voce. The words from the Spell It! are pretty much the same from prior years.
I am excited for this Bee Season! Good luck to everyone!
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Arvind Mahankali is the Champion!!!!!!!!!
His word was knaidel (dumpling) - a Yiddish derived German word. "The German curse has turned into a German blessing," him and his brother said.
Congratulations to all spellers! This was a great Bee!
Second place goes to Pranav Sivakumar, third goes to Sriram Hathwar, fourth to Amber Born, Vanya Shivashankar and Vismaya Kharkar tied for fifth. Grace Remmer, Chetan Reddy, and Syamantak Payra tied for seventh. Christal Schermeister placed tenth, and Nikitha Chandran placed 11th.
We hope to see Vanya, Sriram, and Syamantak next year!
Now that the Bee is over, what will you do? Study, relax? Grace said she's going to practice her violin and viola more, and Arvind said he's going to study Physics!
What am I going to do? Summer Reading for AP Literature; Summer assignment for AP US History, planning to write a children's opera (the music, at least); choir recording; practice flute, piano and voice; compose and arrange music; coach my sister and young friends for the Bee (if I have time); study languages; go on several vacations; youth camp; definitely a lot more!
Here are the results:
http://public.spellingbee.com/public/results/2013/round_results
I'm signing off for the 2013 Bee now! See you next year (or in a few weeks).
Congratulations to all spellers! This was a great Bee!
Second place goes to Pranav Sivakumar, third goes to Sriram Hathwar, fourth to Amber Born, Vanya Shivashankar and Vismaya Kharkar tied for fifth. Grace Remmer, Chetan Reddy, and Syamantak Payra tied for seventh. Christal Schermeister placed tenth, and Nikitha Chandran placed 11th.
We hope to see Vanya, Sriram, and Syamantak next year!
Now that the Bee is over, what will you do? Study, relax? Grace said she's going to practice her violin and viola more, and Arvind said he's going to study Physics!
What am I going to do? Summer Reading for AP Literature; Summer assignment for AP US History, planning to write a children's opera (the music, at least); choir recording; practice flute, piano and voice; compose and arrange music; coach my sister and young friends for the Bee (if I have time); study languages; go on several vacations; youth camp; definitely a lot more!
Here are the results:
http://public.spellingbee.com/public/results/2013/round_results
I'm signing off for the 2013 Bee now! See you next year (or in a few weeks).
Congratulations, Vismaya!
She placed fifth! Great job, Vismaya and Utah!
Arvind just received dehnstufe - a German word, and he gets it. He received Jugendstil and misspelled it in 2011, and schwannoma in 2012 and misspelled it, too.
Could co-champions happen tonight? Possibly. Three remain: Arvind, Pranav, and Sriram (who was first eight when he came in 2008).
Good luck to these three!
Arvind just received dehnstufe - a German word, and he gets it. He received Jugendstil and misspelled it in 2011, and schwannoma in 2012 and misspelled it, too.
Could co-champions happen tonight? Possibly. Three remain: Arvind, Pranav, and Sriram (who was first eight when he came in 2008).
Good luck to these three!
Watch the Championship Finals Tonight!
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/886773/2013-scripps-national-spelling-bee-finals
Good luck, spellers! Maybe my sister will come next year and the year after, I hope!
Good luck, spellers! Maybe my sister will come next year and the year after, I hope!
And Here are Your Championship Finalists!
http://public.spellingbee.com/public/results/2013/finishers/html
And for Utah: This is the first time in the Bee's History that a speller from Utah makes it to Championship Finals! Congratulations, Vismaya!
*In last year's championship finals
No. 39: Grace Remmer
No. 41: Christal Schermeister
No. 44 Nikitha Chandran
No. 64: Pranav Sivakumar
No. 91: Vanya Shivashankar
No. 115: Amber Born
No. 156: Sriram Hathwar
No. 163: Arvind Mahankali*
No. 238: Chetan Reddy
No. 242: Syamantak Payra
No. 256: Vismaya Kharkar
Congratulations to all spellers, and good luck to the spellers tonight!
I have to go and study for a test tomorrow now.
And for Utah: This is the first time in the Bee's History that a speller from Utah makes it to Championship Finals! Congratulations, Vismaya!
*In last year's championship finals
No. 39: Grace Remmer
No. 41: Christal Schermeister
No. 44 Nikitha Chandran
No. 64: Pranav Sivakumar
No. 91: Vanya Shivashankar
No. 115: Amber Born
No. 156: Sriram Hathwar
No. 163: Arvind Mahankali*
No. 238: Chetan Reddy
No. 242: Syamantak Payra
No. 256: Vismaya Kharkar
Congratulations to all spellers, and good luck to the spellers tonight!
I have to go and study for a test tomorrow now.
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