posted by Joe Polk at 12:07 AM /
After a final competition that lasted more than three hours and had 19 rounds, 14-year-old Anna Wadhwani, an eighth-grader at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, won first place in the 60th annual Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee.
Anna's winning words -- the last speller standing must spell two consecutive words correctly -- were conjunctivitis, and, fittingly, logomachy: a dispute over or about words.
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/100791044479-455.stm
Anna's winning words -- the last speller standing must spell two consecutive words correctly -- were conjunctivitis, and, fittingly, logomachy: a dispute over or about words.
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/100791044479-455.stm
Labels: anna wadhwani, western PA spelling bee
1 Comments:
What an amazing accomplishment! Mt. Lebanon students continue to amaze and inspire us. Congratulations!
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