- Fifth grader Vanya Shivashankar, sister of 2009 champion Kavya, won the Olathe regional and is back for her second go-round. But she's far from the youngest in the Bee, because ...
- Via our friend Samir Patel comes word that six-year-old Lori Anne Madison won the Prince William (VA) County Spelling Bee. Her winning word: vaquero.
- 2011 Bee champion Sukanya Roy offers her advice for this year's finalists.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
P-R-E-C-O-C-I-O-U-S: Three Spelling Bee updates, because it's starting to round the corner into That Time Of Year:
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Lori Anne's feet sticking off the end of the chair and swinging in the opening of that clip-- ridiculously cute!
ReplyDeleteOr there's this spelling bee: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b7e6f00184/the-bensonhurst-spelling-bee-with-kelly-ripa
ReplyDeleteHow far off is it? I've got some analysis assignments to catch up on.
ReplyDeleteOlathe represent! And Indians! :-)
ReplyDeleteSays the Olathean married to the Indian. Also, we can expect an uptick in the amount of fliers for Spelling tutors at our Indian stores!
Last week of May.
ReplyDeleteVeronica Penny won the Ottawa regional again. Of course, she still has to finish in the top 3 at Canspell to return to the Scripps Bee. Not a bad bet she'll finish in the top 1.
ReplyDeleteThe youngest-ever before Lori Anne, Sriram Hathwar, wasn't so lucky, finishing second in his regional. Sriram first showed up as a 7-year-old second-grader, and still has two years of eligibility left.
http://yourwordis.blogspot.com/2012/03/you-guys-were-gonna-have-to-ask-for.html
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