Scripps discloses total spellers to compete in the 2024 Spelling Bee
According to organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a total of 245 spellers have qualified to compete in the 2024 edition of the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition to be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
In a post sighted by Thisterm.com, they said the youngest among the spellers is Sanil Thorat, a third grader from Fairfield Elementary Magnet School in Shreveport, Louisiana. Sanil is the only 8-year-old in the national competition.
“We’ll also welcome spellers from Canada, the Bahamas, Germany, Ghana, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, not to mention all 50 states and the District of Columbia,” the producers of the Scripps Bee said in a social media post.
This year, three Ghanaian spellers, two girls and a boy will represent the Republic of Ghana as the African country to participate in the 96th edition of the Scripps National Spelling Bee to take place in the United States of America.
They are Giovanni Adjei a pupil of Christ the King International School, N’Adom Darko-Asare DPS International Ghana and Abena Kwaffo from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (kNUST) Basic School.
Their participation in the upcoming 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee comes after they succeeded in the Ghana version of the spelling competition dubbed The Spelling Bee – Ghana.
The three spellers’ participation in the upcoming 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee was confirmed by the Young Educators Foundation, The Spelling Bee – Ghana organiser in a social media post sighted by Thisterm.com.
Of the ninety-nine (99) spellers who competed in the finale of this academic year’s The Spelling Bee – Ghana held on Saturday, February 3, Giovanni Adjei, speller number 41 emerged as the national competition winner.
Giovanni Adjei’s winning word was G-U-I-J-O. For his prize, he received a prize package worth $10,000-plus, including an all-expense-paid trip to represent Ghana at the upcoming 2024 Scripps Spelling Bee to be held in the US.
The 2024 Spelling Bee winner also received a 1-year Merriam-Webster Dictionary subscription, $500 spending money, GH₵1,000 GOIL PLC fuel coupons, Indomie Ghana products, an engraved trophy and a Gold medal.
1st-runner-up, N’Adom Darko-Asare was awarded a GH₵5,000 cash prize, A fully installed Dstv Ghana HD Zapper decoder with 4-month compact viewing, Indomie Ghana products, GH₵500 GOIL PLC fuel coupons and a silver medal.
The 2nd-runner-up, Abena Kwaffo also received a GH₵5,000 cash prize, A fully installed Dstv Ghana HD Zapper decoder with 4-month compact viewing, Indomie Ghana products, GH₵500 GOIL PLC fuel coupons and a bronze medal