"Spelling can teach so much, more than just the word," 8th grader Nikita Ramakrishnan said. ... Nikita said she had been trying since fifth grade to make it into the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The spelling bee is open to any student younger than 15, who hasn't passed the eighth grade yet. Children as young as 6-years-old have competed in the iconic event. More: The national spelling bee ...

An eighth grader has won the Wright State Regional Spelling Bee for the second year in a row, now she’s headed to the National Competition in D.C.

There's more to it than simply spelling words correctly, ... Eligible spellers must not have passed beyond the eighth grade or an international equivalent on or before Aug. 31 2024, ...

Eliza Schwass is next up in track and field. The 14-year-old middle-distance runner ran the second-fastest mile of all-time ...

Bright Horizon 8th-grader wins county spelling bee, with obscure word for Russian carriage Duaa Ouznali's winning word was 'droshky.' Her strategy for studying spelling, she says, is 'listening to ...

She studied words, won the school bee in fourth grade at Superior Elementary and went on to win the Boulder Valley Regional Spelling Bee. That win qualified her to compete in the 2021 National ...

Spelling Bee rules state that spellers cannot have reached their 15th birthday or passed beyond the eighth grade (or an international equivalent) on or before Aug. 31, 2024.

After 16 challenging rounds, Olivia Prillaman, an eighth-grade student at Liberty Middle School, was declared the 2009-2010 division spelling champion for Hanover County Public Schools. The ...

In the ninth round, an eighth grader from Troy's Larson Middle School spelled “ordanance” to win the county’s spelling crown over 80 competitors.

The San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling Bee returns to the Jackie Robinson YMCA Thursday, with dozens of students in eighth grade or below competing to represent the county on a national stage.

An eighth grader has won the Wright State Regional Spelling Bee for the second year in a row, now she’s headed to the National Competition in D.C.