This morning, Round 2 of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee commenced. The round started with 284 spellers. Unfortunately, a total of 34 spellers missed their words and were eliminated from the competition. Round 3 started with 251 spellers and saw 80 spellers eliminated. Unlike past years in which a study list was provided for Rounds 2 and 3, this year the only source of words for Round 3 was Webster’s Third Unabridged Dictionary.
In Round 2, I spelled lenticula correctly and was able to move on to Round 3, in which I spelled the word felicific. I certainly felt very felicific when Dr. Bailly told me I had spelled the word correctly!
Up to fifty spellers with the highest scores through Round 3 move onto the Finals which occur tomorrow morning and end in the evening. I am proud to announce that I am one of the 45 Finalists competing tomorrow morning! I received a beautiful medal and I am just so thrilled to be a Finalist representing my home state of Kentucky. Please see spellingbee.com for the broadcasting schedule.
Congratulations on making it to the finals, Tara!!!
So happy for you Tara!
Wonderful! You’ve done a great job preparing, and you deserve your success. We all send you a big hello, and please say hello to Anya, too.
Congratulations Tara !
We’re following you from Florida and wish you another success. Love❤️
Your English class says hello! We are very proud of you for getting so far! We certainly didn’t know how to spell bakshaish either! Faith says especially hello . . . and everyone else. Elias is very sad right now. Come home and cheer him up. We love you!
I miss you all at LCA, especially the sixth graders! Thanks for all of your support and encouragement!