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2010
Spelling Bee Achievers and News
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National spelling bee a learning
experience for 11-year-old
Dahinda boy fails to qualify
for semifinal round but enjoys Washington, D.C., trip
June 03, 2010
By ANNA GAYNOR
of the Journal Star
PEORIA — Matt Brucker didn't need
braggadocio, he just needed to know how to spell it.
Braggadocio, or empty boasting, was one of
two words the 11-year-old spelled correctly Thursday at the Scripps
National Spelling Bee. The Journal Star-sponsored speller from
Dahinda was in Washington, D.C., at the Grand Hyatt Washington when
he spelled his round 2 and 3 words correctly. Unfortunately, Matt's
score, combined with Wednesday's round 1 score, did not qualify him
to continue to the semifinals round Friday morning.
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Peoria spelling guide leads all the
way to D.C.
Official word list helped Matt
Brucker reach national competition
May 31, 2010
By ANNA GAYNOR
of the Journal Star
PEORIA — This year was not the first time
Amy Brucker used the Spell It! word list as a convenient resource to
teach her kids.
However, it is the first year her son Matt
spelled his way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington,
D.C.
Spell It! is the study guide for the City
of Peoria Spelling Bee. Two weeks after winning that bee, the
11-year-old Dahinda boy triumphed at the Journal Star Grand Final
Spelling Bee on March 19. He outspelled 13 other local students, but
getting to the capital was never his or Amy's original goal.
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Dahinda boy wins JS Grand Final Bee
Home-schooled student Matt Brucker will represent area
in Scripps National Spelling Bee in June
March 20, 2010
By CATHARINE SCHAIDLE
of the Journal Star
EAST PEORIA — The Kyle Mou era is over,
but ruddy-faced sixth-grader Matt Brucker is looking to leave his
own mark in the Grand Final Spelling Bee.
The home-schooled son of Amy and Greg
Brucker of the Knox County community of Dahinda will represent the
Journal Star in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which runs June
2-4 in Washington, D.C.
Brucker beat 13 other middle school
students from throughout the region in the competition, which was
taped Friday and broadcast Saturday on WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
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Dunlap student gets champ status
Seventh-grader wins JS Peoria County Spelling Bee with 'getatable'
March 13, 2010
By RUTH LONGORIA KINGSLAND
of the Journal Star
EAST PEORIA — Correct spelling of the word
"getatable" was quite attainable for seventh-grader Preeti
Subramaniyan as she sped through the letters of the final word in
the Journal Star Peoria County Spelling Bee.
As champion of that competition, Preeti, a
student at Dunlap Middle School, advances to the Grand Final
Spelling Bee next weekend, which also will be held at the WEEK-TV
studio in East Peoria. Her county spelling bee victory was taped
Friday and aired Saturday on Channel 25.
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Dahinda boy wins
spelling bee
Sixth-grader learns good spelling is an
'integral' part of being a champion
March 06, 2010
By JENNIFER TOWERY
of the
Journal Star
EAST PEORIA — Sixth-grader Matt Brucker
may be a winner, and he undoubtedly deserves a vacation.
But while he's enjoying the sights at the
Grand Canyon this week, he'll also continue to quiz himself and be
grilled on words most people can't even pronounce.
The 11-year-old Dahinda boy has emerged
the champion in the Journal Star City of Peoria Spelling Bee and
thus earned the right to try again in two weeks at the Grand Final
Spelling Bee. The city bee, which is open to champion spellers from
each school in the city of Peoria as well as home-schoolers from the
Journal Star's readership area, was taped Friday and aired Saturday
on WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
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