Student Kevin Cheng is the winner of Meadowbrook Elementary School’s second annual spelling bee. The winning word was “haughtiness,” and now the fifth-grader will advance to the regional spelling bee at Hofstra University. The second-place winner was Yuktha Chiguripati, also a fifth-grade student.
Meadowbrook’s spelling bee was a preliminary contest for fourth- and fifth-grade students in conjunction with the Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington, D.C. School spelling bee coordinator Valerie Kasper explained that the contestants studied vocabulary words from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and materials provided by the E.W. Scripps Company.
Kevin attributes his success in the school contest to “studying a lot.” Yuktha credits her spelling abilities to her family, stating, “My mother helped me with every word.”
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