Fourth grade teacher Joe Dombrowski at Oakland Elementary School in Royal Oak, Mich., had a kick fooling his students with a bizarre spelling test for an early April Fools’ prank on Wednesday.

As the teacher wrapped up the quiz, he told the kids to check number 11. “There is no number 11,” they shouted. “It’s April Fools, because this is an April Fools’ joke,” yelled ...

Two fourth graders from Seymour Elementary were determined not to walk away from the spelling bee without a fight — so much so that they almost ran out of words.