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Saturday, 4 May 2024

Former contestants create online spelling bee

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
Duration: 00:43s 0 shares 2 views

Former contestants create online spelling bee
Former contestants create online spelling bee

With the Scripps national spelling bee cancelled, two teens who both competed in the past are making sure kids don't miss out.

They're organizing an online bee called "The Spell-Punit Online National Spelling Bee."

TWO TEENS WHO BOTH COMPETED INPAST YEARS...ARE MAKING SURE OTHER KIDSDON'T MISS OUT.THEY'RE ORGANIZING AN ONLINEBEE CALLED "THE SPELL-PUNDITONLINE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.""ITS KIND OF RAISED US.KIND OF HELPED US GROW ASPEOPLE AND AS SPELLERS SO YEAHI DEFINITELY THINK BEING ABLETO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORTHE NEXT GENERATION OF SPELLERSIS KIND OF OUR WAY OF GIVINGBACK TO THIS COMMUNITY THATRAISED US."THE FORMAT WILL BE SIMILAR TOTHE SCRIPPS BEE WITH A WRITTENTEST -- AND THEN SEMI FINAL ANDFINAL ORAL SPELLING ROUNDS.THEY ARE TAKING MEASURES TOMAKE SURE THE SPELLERS AREN'TGETTING OUTSIDE HELP...BUT SAY IT WILL ULTIMATELY BEAN HONOR SYSTEM.ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOVIE

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