Walnut Valley Unified had the three top winners of the Inland Valley Spelling Bee.
Chaparral
eighth- grader Justin Chuang, age 12, won 1st Place at the competition
held on March 21. The 2nd Place winner was William Widjaja, a
13-year-old eighth-grader from Suzanne Middle School, and the 3rd Place
finisher was 10-year-old Jordin Wang, a fifth-grader at Collegewood
Elementary.
eighth- grader Justin Chuang, age 12, won 1st Place at the competition
held on March 21. The 2nd Place winner was William Widjaja, a
13-year-old eighth-grader from Suzanne Middle School, and the 3rd Place
finisher was 10-year-old Jordin Wang, a fifth-grader at Collegewood
Elementary.
Spelling champion Justin Chuang won
the competition’s Grand Prize – a trip to Washington, D.C. to compete
in the Scripps National Spelling Bee held May 27-June 1.
the competition’s Grand Prize – a trip to Washington, D.C. to compete
in the Scripps National Spelling Bee held May 27-June 1.
He
won after 15 rounds of competition when he spelled the final word,
“mordacious,” defined in Webster’s Dictionary as, “biting or given to
biting.” Thirty-one students from grades two to eight competed in the
competition held at the Sophia Clarke Theater at Mt. San Antonio
College.
won after 15 rounds of competition when he spelled the final word,
“mordacious,” defined in Webster’s Dictionary as, “biting or given to
biting.” Thirty-one students from grades two to eight competed in the
competition held at the Sophia Clarke Theater at Mt. San Antonio
College.
Justin said he practiced every day
since September using a software program called SpellQuizzer that
allowed him to spell the words on the computer.
since September using a software program called SpellQuizzer that
allowed him to spell the words on the computer.
“It was astonishing when I realized that I had won the competition!” he said.
