Spelling Bee

Iyende won the Spelling Bee for her entire school back in March. She went on to Regional finals and was second runner-up. Got a big trophy! She was excited about it, as we all were. This is the second bee she has been in, back in the third grade she placed to represent her school with 3 other children from her school in a city-wide competition.

She was disappointed that she didn't win the next level, because the final level was Nationals in Washington, D.C. But overall she felt good about her performance and is looking forward to next year. My parents came up to see her in the competition, I know that made her feel really good and extra-confident that they drove all that way to support her.