AZ State Spelling Bee Results
April 2, 2006
Well, the Arizona State Spelling Bee is in the books. We drove up to Phoenix on Friday morning for a couple of days of fun in conjunction with the spelling bee. The top 27 spellers in AZ competed for the right to go to the Scripps National Spelling Championship in DC. Sean was the lone 4th grader in the competition. There were a couple of 5th graders and 6th graders, but the vast majority were 7th and 8th graders.
Sean was eliminated in the 3rd round when he misspelled undulate as ungulate. Not sure how the actual place finish is calculated, so he either finished 20th or tied for 16th. He was #1 which meant he went first every round. If the position is strictly by where you go out, it would be 20th. If it takes into account everyone else eliminated in the third round, it would be 16th. Either way, we couldnt have been more proud of him. Just making it to the State Finals was a great accomplishment. It was kind of funny seeing him on stage with all these older kids. The eventual winner was a 7th grader who was also last years champion.
While in Phoenix, we also had the opportunity to play some putt putt and swim at the hotel pool. It was a nice little getaway for a couple of days. Sean said he wants to come back next year.
I have uploaded some photos from the weekend…
AZ State Spelling Bee Championship
March 28, 2006
This is the big weekend for Sean. Saturday is the Arizona State Spelling Bee Championship in Phoenix. Sean won the right to compete by winning the spelling bee title in his school district and then the county championship. There will be 25 competitors this weekend competing for the right to represent AZ at the National Spelling Bee Championship in Washington DC.
The Arizona Republic recently wrote an article on the upcoming competition and even featured Sean in the article. You can read the story via the link:
Arizona’s best spellers get ready for competition
I will post some more info after the competition.
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