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Spelling bee winner heads to regional competition

Uploaded: Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 11:42 am 0

Seventh-grader Nina Barman won the La Entrada Middle School annual spelling bee earlier this month, according to a press release from the Menlo Park school.

To clinch the top spot at the Jan. 10 competition, Nina correctly spelled "status quo."

This came after five championship rounds against runner-up Kiran Singh, a fifth-grader. Both contestants correctly spelled words such as "oleander" and "habitus."

Nina will compete in the Bay Area Regional Spelling Bee on Feb. 17, with a chance to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

Fourth-grader Linh Nguyen, sixth-grader Heidi Chen, and eighth-grader Adrian Deutscher-Bishop tied for third place in the competition.

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Spelling bee winner heads to regional competition

Uploaded: Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 11:42 am

Seventh-grader Nina Barman won the La Entrada Middle School annual spelling bee earlier this month, according to a press release from the Menlo Park school.

To clinch the top spot at the Jan. 10 competition, Nina correctly spelled "status quo."

This came after five championship rounds against runner-up Kiran Singh, a fifth-grader. Both contestants correctly spelled words such as "oleander" and "habitus."

Nina will compete in the Bay Area Regional Spelling Bee on Feb. 17, with a chance to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

Fourth-grader Linh Nguyen, sixth-grader Heidi Chen, and eighth-grader Adrian Deutscher-Bishop tied for third place in the competition.

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— Angela Swartz

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