Chandler students to compete in state Spelling Bee
Event set for Saturday, March 15
Isabelle Garcia, right, an eighth-grader at Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School, will be attempting to return to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May when she competes in the state finals March 15. Esha Marupudi, not pictured, a seventh-grader at BASIS Chandler, is pining for a first trip to nationals.
Courtesy of Arizona Educational Foundation
The Arizona Educational Foundation has announced the 28 finalists that emerged from a field of more than 550,000 students to compete in the Arizona Spelling Bee Finals on March 15.
Two of those finalists are from Chandler, according to a news release.
Isabelle Garcia, an eighth-grader at Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School, will be attempting to return to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Esha Marupudi, a seventh-grader at BASIS Chandler, is pining for a first trip to nationals.
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Chandler students to compete in state Spelling Bee
Event set for Saturday, March 15
Courtesy of Arizona Educational Foundation
Isabelle Garcia, right, an eighth-grader at Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School, will be attempting to return to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May when she competes in the state finals March 15. Esha Marupudi, not pictured, a seventh-grader at BASIS Chandler, is pining for a first trip to nationals.
The Arizona Educational Foundation has announced the 28 finalists that emerged from a field of more than 550,000 students to compete in the Arizona Spelling Bee Finals on March 15.
Two of those finalists are from Chandler, according to a news release.
Isabelle Garcia, an eighth-grader at Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School, will be attempting to return to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Esha Marupudi, a seventh-grader at BASIS Chandler, is pining for a first trip to nationals.
The 28 finalists will compete for a chance to become one of the three Arizona representatives to compete at nationals. The March 15 state event will be held at the Madison Center for the Arts in north Phoenix.
The qualifying spelling bees began in August at the classroom level, followed by grade-level competitions, schoolwide and district bees, with the final qualifier being a county or regional contest.
All competitions were required to adhere to the Scripps National Spelling Bee deadlines and rules, the release states.
The Arizona Spelling Bee is a program of the Arizona Educational Foundation, which is a nonprofit that was formed to celebrate excellence in education and provide programs to support public schools on their path to excellence.
AEF has served as the official state partner of the Scripps National Bee since 2001.
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