Orange County student competes in famed Scripps National Spelling Bee Vicky Nguyen June 3, 2022The word “lepper” is one that 14-year-old student Jason Khan will most likely never forget after this week. The eighth-grader...
Weekly roundup: Air Force dad surprises daughter at school, preview offered of Mendez v. Westminster memorial, and more Fermin Leal May 31, 2019U.S. Air Force Sgt. Jason Reed paid a surprise visit to his daughter’s kindergarten class on Thursday. It was the...
Orange Unified promotes bilingual education with Spanish Spelling Bee Ian Hanigan June 4, 2018To underscore the value of bilingualism, including the lifelong opportunities that come with speaking more than one language, the Orange...
C-H-A-M-P: Eighth-grader wins second straight OC Spelling Bee, advances to national competition Ian Hanigan March 3, 2018Round by round, they dueled over words like “intaglio,” “vivace,” “bobbejaan” and “zeitgeber.” When Genevie Nguyen of Irvine Intermediate School...
Parenting OC magazine seeks contestants for its ninth annual Spelling Bee Ian Hanigan April 20, 2016Parenting OC is getting ready to hold its ninth annual Spelling Bee, and the magazine is encouraging local teachers and...
Placentia student wins OC Spelling Bee for second time in three years Ian Hanigan February 29, 2016After 11 rounds and about three and a half hours, it came down to one word — “cataclastic.” Samuel Littrell,...
