Upper St. Clair Student To Compete In National Spelling Bee

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - Baker Elementary School fourth grader Raana Parchuri is on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee after recently winning the 70th annual Western Pennsylvania Speling Bell held at Robert Morris University.

Raana will take part in Bee Week 2020, held May 24-29 at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. As the winner of the Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee, Raana receives an all-expense paid trip to compete.

Raana was one of five Upper St. Clair students who competed at the Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee. Others included Ahana Mendhi, Eisenhower Elementary School; Iris Wang, Streams Elementary School; Nikhil Chandran, Boyce Middle School; and Rohan Mehta, Fort Couch Middle School.

To qualify for the regional competition, each finished first in his/her school’s spelling bee. The school-level spelling bees, open to students in grades 4 – 8, were sponsored by the Upper St. Clair Parent Teacher Council.

The Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee is open to students in kindergarten through grade 8 from throughout a 26-county region.