Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American person to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the largest spelling bee ...

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — The people of West Stockbridge decided recently to rejuvenate the old-fashioned spelling bee and the first attempt was staged at the Town Hall last Friday night and it was a big ...

Eighth-grader Mary Thede recently captured first place at the annual Gate of Heaven School spelling bee competition. The event was held during Catholic Schools Week. Thede advances to the Scripps ...

FILE - Katharine "Kerry" Close, 13, poses at home in Spring Lake, N.J., May 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Tim Larsen, File) Joanne Lagatta arrived at the University of Wisconsin in 1995 with a flawless academic ...

FILE - Faizan Zaki, 12, of Allen, Texas ., gestures to his family after spelling his word correctly in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., May 30, 2024. (AP ...

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Local winner Sukanya Roy advances to 82nd Scripps Spelling Bee semifinals. Paul Uzzo, 13, of Moreno Valley, Calif., listens to the spellers compete Wednesday during the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

John McWhorter is an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. Spelling bees have always been cute. But they’re about to get cuter, because now they will ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the in-person competition limited to a dozen finalists who will gather on an ESPN campus at Walt Disney World ...

Greene County Legislator Matthew Luvera congratulated and recognized five students who demonstrated their Spelling Bee Proficiency at the 2017 Scripps Regional Spelling Bee held on Feb. 7 at Proctor’s ...

Sarah Gould took the first place honor by spelling kanji and biscotti correctly for the win during the Greenbrier School District eighth-grade spelling bee. Meredith Hammontree placed second and Ethan ...

St. Joseph School recently held its annual Spelling Bee for grades 3-8. Winners will advance to the Faulkner County Spelling Bee scheduled for Feb. 13 at the Conway High School James H. Clark ...