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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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By Angela Swartz
By Angela Swartz
By Angela Swartz
