Who won the 2009 Scripps-Howard National Spelling bee?
A day after winning the biggest spelling championship in the United States, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, 13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar said she was still excited. “It was something I’d been dreaming of for so many years, and it was great that I was finally able to achieve it,” she told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen. “But then, in a way, I also felt like I couldn’t believe it was happening.” Shivashankar, of Olathe, Kan., outlasted 11 finalists out of a record 293 entrants by correctly spelling “laodicean” Thursday night for the win. Shivashankar told Chen she began studying for the competition by going over word lists with her father, who is also her coach. “I don’t memorize these words,” she said. “I study these with the roots, and using the etymology — the language of origin — and all the other clues to help me.” Sources: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/29/earlyshow/main50
A day after winning the biggest spelling championship in the United States, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, 13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar said she was still excited. “It was something I’d been dreaming of for so many years, and it was great that I was finally able to achieve it,” she told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen. “But then, in a way, I also felt like I couldn’t believe it was happening.” Shivashankar, of Olathe, Kan., outlasted 11 finalists out of a record 293 entrants by correctly spelling “laodicean” Thursday night for the win. Shivashankar told Chen she began studying for the competition by going over word lists with her father, who is also her coach. “I don’t memorize these words,” she said.
