His first-grade teacher at River Oaks, Gemma McHale, says he has the full support of his classmates behind him — when he won the school spelling bee, they basically tackled him upon his return ...

He traced his interest in spelling back to first grade, when he learned to read using phonics, sounding out each consonant, symbol and letter until it formed a word — not too different from what ...

Now, it's the adults in his life who often point to him for spelling help, his second-grade teacher, Alex Lemoine, said. After leading the class through daily Wordle challenges in first grade ...