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Anna Ngo beat out 37 other students in the 28th annual Midland Reporter-Telegram Regional Spelling Bee in March, earning her a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee that begins today in Washington, D.C. The sixth-grader successfully spelled “subtrahend” and “generator” correctly to win the spot. Ngo has been reading the dictionary and quizzing herself with flashcards to prepare.
Anna Ngo will be one of 285 students competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. (Photo: Tim Fischer/Reporter-Telegram)
A Carver Center sixth-grader is among the 285 spellers hoping to take home the trophy from the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which begins today in Washington, D.C.
Ngo is a first-generation American and one of three daughters born to Vietnamese parents who have been living in Texas for nearly 16 years.
Champions of the bee receive a $30,000 cash prize from the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a $5,000 cash prize from Words With Friends, a $2,500 savings bond and a complete reference library from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica reference materials valued at $1,100.
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