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Chandler BASIS 8th-grader returns to National Spelling Bee

The Arizona Educational Foundation announced Esha Marupudi, an eighth-grader at BASIS Chandler, is the Arizona State Spelling Bee Champion for the second consecutive year. Marupudi returns to the Washington, D.C. area May 26-28; she tied for seventh place at the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Courtesy of Educational Foundation

After several competitive rounds of spelling, a Chandler charter school student emerged as the state champion March 21 from field of 28 top spellers representing schools across Arizona.

By winning the state title, Esha Marupudi advances to represent Arizona at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, to be held May 26-28 in the Washington, D.C. area.

Marupudi, an eighth-grader at BASIS Chandler, is the Arizona state spelling bee champion for the second consecutive year.

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