Superior eighth grader Blanche Li was a third grader when she competed in her first school spelling bee. She came close to winning and decided to get “a lot more serious” to bolster her spelling ...
“I was surprised because I thought I was going to be second place,” one of the winners said.
Shruthi Ayyagari, an Indian Prairie School District 204 student, is headed to her second Spripps National Spelling Bee this May.