Spelling Bee

Education

Lee, Collier students to advance to Scripps national spelling bee

Dayna Harpster

Lee, Collier students to advance to Scripps national spelling bee. Nihal Gelli and Nixon Dively were the recent winners in Lee and Collier counties respectively.

Nicasio David, right, with two other contestants following the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, in Oxon Hill, Md.

Education

Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School student ties for 36th at Scripps National Spelling Bee

WGCU Staff

Southwest Florida’s contender in the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals bowed out in semifinal competition Wednesday afternoon, stumbling during a vocabulary round.

Education

Paul Dunbar MS student advances at 100th Scripps Spelling Bee

WGCU Staff

One of two Southwest Florida youths advanced Wednesday to semifinal competition being held Wednesday night in the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee.