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Midtown Student Competing In Saturday's Regional Spelling Bee
The top two spellers from 34 total counties will advance to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in late May-early June.
HOUSTON, TX — Naomi Canny, an eighth grade student in Midtown at the Baylor College of Medicine Academy at James D. Ryan Middle, will compete in the regional spelling bee on Saturday with a chance to advance to the wildly-popular Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. later next month
Ten HISD students are among 53 spellers who will compete in the nation’s largest regional spelling bee Saturday at Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan (2610 Elgin St., 77004).
The top two spellers will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 27-June 1.
Competitors representing grades 2-8 will come from 1,060 schools in 34 Texas counties to compete in the bee, which is hosted by Houston Public Media.
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Live updates on the spelling bee will be available on the Houston Public Media Facebook page and on Twitter at @HoustonPubMedia. Final rounds and highlights of the spelling bee will be broadcast on TV 8 and streamed on houstonpublicmedia.org/spellingbee at 3:30 p.m. the following Saturday, April 14.
The 10 HISD spellers competing in the bee are:
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- Oluwaseun Agbi, grade 4, Energized For Excellence Academy
- Naomi Canny, grade 8, Baylor College of Medicine Academy at James D. Ryan Middle
- Jayden Chen, grade 4, West University Elementary School
- Alanna Ferreon, grade 8, Pershing Middle School
- Shaun Israni, grade 5, River Oaks Elementary School
- Rebecca Luo, grade 5, Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet
- Brian Oliveira, grade 6, T. H. Rogers
- Anna Parker, grade 5, Poe Elementary School
- Oscar Portillo, grade 7, West Briar Middle School
- Amelie Rozowski, grade 5, Condit Elementary School
Top image: Reshmi Balakrishnan of Fairfax, Virginia, participates in round two of 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center May 31, 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. Close to 300 spellers are competing in the annual spelling contest for the top honor this year. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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