Parents take pictures of the spellers during the third round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition May 30, 2012 in National Harbor, Maryland.
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However, she missed the definition of a vocabulary word, “expugnable”, which means capable of being conquered.
A valley middle schooler is spelling her way across the country.
A seventh-grader at Notre Dame Academy in Carmel Valley, Ella is among 284 spellers competing for the national title.
Still, her mother, also named Sarah, said it was a rewarding experience.
“For her age, I am extremely pleased that she is able to stick with something to the end”, he said. “Eleven million spellers compete (in local bees nationwide) and only 285 of them are here”. They hail from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as the Bahamas, Canada, Europe, Ghana, Guam, Jamaica, Japan, Puerto Rico, South Korea and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Cameron Keith, Boulder County’s representative at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, correctly spelled both words in his preliminary rounds in Washington, D.C., this morning. 6. $40,000 in cash is the first prize, along with a trophy, a bunch of reference materials, and an all-expense paid trip to NY to appear on Kelly Ripa’s show and whoever her co-host is that day.
Thirty-four entrants were eliminated in the morning after misspelling their words. The champion speller – or spellers – will be crowned during the prime-time broadcast.
On the Scripps Spelling Bee website, Erin said she wants to become a pediatrician. It helped that she was the 131st speller on the list.
“It has been awesome, and I’m going to do it again next year”, Lucas said during a Wednesday telephone interview.
“I’m very surprised and very, very excited for [Thursday]”, said Alette, an eighth-grader at Homer Jr.
Sarah’s trip to the national bee, sponsored by the Mississippi Association of Educators, included a visit to the National Zoo.
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Naysa and her family plan to visit the National Archives and Mount Vernon.
