A middle school student from Concord is in the finals of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee ... Kallakuri is an eighth-grade student at Valor Preparatory Academy in Concord.

Kallakuri is an eighth-grade student at Valor Preparatory Academy in Concord. If she wins the 2025 competition, Kallakuri would be the first speller from North Carolina to do so since 1970, when Libby ...

The official source for the Spelling Bee is Merriam-Webster Unabridged. The competition began 100 years ago. It was canceled, however, four times, between 1943 and 1945 because of the Second World ...

(AP) — Faizan Zaki’s enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of ... He’s 14 and in the eighth grade, which means he has aged out of the competition. It’s not a bad way to go out ...

Related: Photos of Former National Spelling Bee Champions (and the Words They Won with) The second round of competition in each phase includes a vocabulary round that was introduced in 2021 to promote ...

For the second ... Spelling Bee, which is crazy," Johnson said. When asked what he would say to David right now, Johnson replied, "Great job man, great job." Tracy Rosenthal, David's 6th and 8th ...

13-year-old Faizan Zaki has made it to the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the second year in a row. Last year, he finished in 2nd place overall after stumbling in a lightning ...

Navtaj Singh of Pullman, Washington, sponsored by the Lewiston Tribune, moved on to the second round of preliminary action with a correct spelling of “nouveau.” Andrew Ford from Sandpoint ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Ohio — Only the top spellers in the country make it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. One eighth grader in Doylestown is among the top spellers in the country. And, this is not ...