Southwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee champion Kassie McKnight, of Bolivar Middle School, will head to Washington, D.C., May 27-28 to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Missouri State hosts about 50 regional students On March 21, McKnight won the fourth annual event held at Missouri State after an intense 50-round, head-to-head matchup with Central High School's … [Read more...] about Regional spelling champ heads to D.C.
Missouri State University will host the 4th Annual Southwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee on March 21 in Ellis Recital Hall. This year, nearly 50 K-8th grade students from elementary and middle schools will vie for the opportunity to represent Southwest Missouri at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 24-30, 2015. Event Details Date: March 21 Time: 9 … [Read more...] about Regional spelling bee to be held in Ellis Hall March 21
By Barbara Jones, Director of Special Events Thirty-seven students from thirteen schools participated in the Southwest Missouri Regional Scripps Spelling Bee, held Saturday, March 22 on the Missouri State University Springfield campus. Three spellers, Andy Su of Greenwood Laboratory School, Ethan Talbot of Lebanon Junior High School, and Krishan Ghosh of David Harrison … [Read more...] about Results from the Southwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee