Monday we learned that Maria scored high enough to qualify for the Ohio University Scripps College of Communication Regional Spelling Bee. She was declared the winner from FMS about a month ago, and that earned her a qualification opportunity which was done here with a teacher online. She scored 44 out of 50 words, and anyone who scored a 41 or above moved on to the regional competition. There were 70 spellers who qualified, and these 70 spellers will compete at the regional spelling bee. The winner of that competition earns an all expense paid trip to Washington DC to compete in the national spelling bee.
The regional competition will be on Saturday, March 10 at OU (unfortunately) and we are making a family trip out of it. Since it starts at 8:30 a.m., we are going down Friday night and spending the night in a hotel. The competition is supposed to end around lunchtime, and Ben and I are already registered to run in a 4 mile race late Saturday afternoon, so we are hoping to be back in time for that.
Maria has worked very hard to learn all the words on her study list - hundreds of words. Her teacher said she has never had anyone "take the initiative to work as hard as Maria did" for this. Regardless of how she does at the regional competition, we are so proud of her for making it this far.
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