Spelling Bee

Eighth grader Logan Griggs from Lincoln Park Middle School won the Multi-Regional State Spelling Bee earning him a spot at Nationals in Washington D.C.

Are you smarter than an 8th grader? Probably not If you are going up against Arvind Mahankali, this years Spelling Bee Champ.

I still remember my most epic Spelling Bee fail.  It haunts me.  I thought I was too cool to write the word down before I repeated it back.  And that word was "chimney."  I said "C-H-I-M-E-N-Y."  That's what I get for thinking I could take down the rest of the contestants as a mighty 6th grader...

A Middle School student in Richardson Texas was given a certificate for winning a Spelling Bee, but ironically the word Spelling had only one l in it. ....Doh! After further investigation from the school it was found that the certificate was printed pre- spell-check ...