The bad weather that canceled three days of school before the Charleston school district’s Christmas break will also mean that a traditional spelling bee for fifth-graders probably won’t take ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Ruby Wang, a fifth grade student at Saint Joseph Elementary School in Missoula, is competing in the 100th annual Scripps Spelling Bee this week in Washington, D.C.

The word list for the Scripps National Spelling Bee is crafted by a panel of 21 people, including five former Scripps champions. Here's how they do it. Skip Navigation ...

This was the first time Erika Gebel, a journalist for a scientific publication who holds a PhD in biophysics from Johns Hopkins, had been in a spelling bee since fifth grade, when the budding ...

Last Thursday’s Vintage 5th Grade Spelling Bee was so long and competitive that it came down to the last word — literally, the last word organizers had on their list. If Elodie Glynn of St ...

Fifth grader Jayden Jiang, who attends Girard Academic Music Program in Philadelphia, won the regional spelling bee in March for the second straight year to qualify for the Scripps National ...