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2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee

Saturday, February 25, 2012

PHOTOS: Anne Arundel Spelling Bee

Scenes from the 2012 Anne Arundel Spelling Bee that featured the county's top spellers

Each of the students in the 2012 Anne Arundel Spelling Bee outspelled me as I tried to play along Saturday afternoon at the county Board of Education building. As each round grew increasingly more difficult, I grew more impressed with the young spellers. Each was giving it their all and each were disappointed when they missed that one letter, or added one that shouldn't have been there. But each received rounds of applause from the audience and even pats on the back from fellow contestants. Ultimately, Olivia Simmons of Bates Middle School in Annapolis came out on top after several entertaining rounds trading words back and forth with LeAn Nguyen of Severn River Middle School in Arnold. Click here for complete coverage of the bee and video…

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Bates Middle Student Top Speller in County Bee, Wiley H. Bates Middle School, and Severn River Middle School (in Broadneck Patch)

Janice

6:19 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

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Bates Middle Student Top Speller in County Bee

Olivia Simmons of Crofton edges out LeAn Nguyen of Severn River Middle School for a spot in the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC.

After going back and forth for nine rounds in the 2012 Anne Arundel Spelling Bee with one other speller, Bates Middle School student Olivia Simmons eventually spelled her way to success. Olivia, who lives in Crofton, walked away with the top spot Saturday afternoon, winning on the word "Damoclean" in Round 19. The word, an adjective, refers to Damocles who, legend has it, spoke in extravagant terms of Dionysius’ happiness and was then invited to a banquet and made to sit underneath a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate the precarious position of people in power. Olivia spelled that correctly, shortly after correctly spelling "jovicentric." “Normally, I’m nervous,” she said after posing for multiple photos and sharing many hugs and …

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Wiley H. Bates Middle School, Severn River Middle School (in Broadneck Patch), Montessori International Children's House (in Broadneck Patch), and 4 more ›

Lori Smith

9:06 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012

Yeah for top boy Tyler. His Montessori education (Chesapeake Monteasori School) served him well too!!   more ›

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