Chicago Public Schools students to compete in Citywide Spelling Bee Championship
Chicago Public Schools students hoped to spell success on Thursday in the Citywide Spelling Bee Championship.
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Chicago Public Schools students hoped to spell success on Thursday in the Citywide Spelling Bee Championship.
Chicago Public Schools students hoped to spell success on Thursday in the Citywide Spelling Bee Championship.
The teachers said they created the spelling bee because they wanted to spread positivity in their community in an age where social media is dominant in people's lives.
Contestant Leah won a mini-watermelon and a goodie bag.
Three teachers organized the first-ever Wicker Park Spelling Bee in the Chicago Park District park of Wicker Park at Damen Avenue and Schiller Street.
Chicago streets were reported to be the theme for the event. So Marie gave Joe and Irika the names of a few streets, not testing them on spelling, but on pronunciation. One hint — pronouncing "Goethe" phonetically as "GO-thee" would have the German writer and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spinning in his grave.
Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, earning more than $50,000 in cash and prizes.
The best spellers in the country are in Washington, D.C. for the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee, including 13 contestants from Illinois and more than half a dozen from the Chicago area.
Bruhat Soma eventually won with 29 correctly-spelled words in 90 seconds.
A Chicago seventh grader from Bell Elementary School spelled it out Tuesday afternoon to secure her spot at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The winning word was a noun: "myocarditis." A Chicago seventh grader from Bell Elementary School spelled out the word on Tuesday to secure her spot at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She competed against dozens of other kids at the Citywide Spelling Bee Championship.
One Chicago Public Schools student spelled his way to the top of the city-wide spelling bee.
If you're curious, Thursday's winning word was "Saturnine." It means "gloomy."
Chicago Public Schools crowned the city's newest spelling champion. The citywide spelling bee wrapped up on the South Side on Thursday.
Forty-eight Chicago Public School students hope to impress with their spelling knowledge and become the next spelling bee champion of Chicago.
Forty-eight Chicago Public School students hope to impress with their spelling knowledge and become the next spelling bee champion of Chicago.
It came down to a tie with a Texas team, but Saint Procopius pulled out the win.
For the first time in years, Gary school students returned to the Spell Bowl and showed they can spell victory.
The students come from Banneker at Marquette and Daniel Hale Williams Elementary.
