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The bee introduced a new standardized test, conducted prior to the competition, to assess the spellers' collective abilities to aid with the work of the Word List Panel. [22] The bee's Word List Panel granted exclusive access to The Associated Press during the 2023 Bee Week to publicly reveal details about their process, which had been secret ...
[1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.
In 2019, the Spelling Bee ran out of words that might challenge the contestants and ended up having 8 winners. The 2020 National Spelling Bee competition, originally scheduled for May 24, was suspended and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] [4] This was the first time it had been canceled since 1945. [5]
A quick check of the hive and then it's back to studying for this budding beekeeper, as she gets ready for this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. "I think the spelling bee came first," she ...
The National Spelling Bee is intense. Over 11 million kids take part in the spelling bee circuit across the country. Eventually, 200 spellers advance to the national stage.
Competitive spelling is one of those magical skills I'm happy to watch others completely obliterate.Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, becoming the ...
The competition began with 284 contestants (143 boys and 141 girls), winnowed down from 11 million students who participated in local bees around the country. [6] The age range of the spellers was 6 to 15, 70 of whom were making repeat appearances. 29 spellers were relatives of prior contestants. [6]
Spellers, as participants are described in the official Scripps National Spelling Bee, have to meet several eligibility requirements. They must not be past eighth grade or have turned 15 by Aug. 31.