Kelly Lecker

Madison

Executive Editor at Wisconsin State Journal

Executive Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal. In my spare time I hike, scuba dive, kayak, read and bake. Not necessarily in that order.

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National spelling bee competitors have teams behind them

1 week ago | lakegenevanews.net | Kelly Lecker

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National spelling bee competitors have teams behind them

1 week ago | madison.com | Kelly Lecker

After 13-year-old Faizan Zak spelled the word that would make him the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, he collapsed to the floor. The crowd would have joined him if they could. In a tense final, six spellers went multiple rounds in which nobody missed a word.
National spelling bee competitors have teams behind them

1 week ago | lakegenevanews.net | Kelly Lecker

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One letter keeps Wisconsin speller from national bee finals

1 week ago | kenoshanews.com | Kelly Lecker

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After 100 years, the national bee isn't really about spelling

1 week ago | madison.com | Kelly Lecker

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A robotic dog wanders the Hall of Champions at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, waiting for students to ask questions so his handler can talk about science and technology. Spellers pick books from a Scholastic book fair. There’s a basketball game, an information booth about a nasal spray to treat allergies and a wall on which students can leave encouraging words for fellow spellers, who go on tours and picnics together during Bee Week.
One letter keeps Wisconsin speller from national bee finals

1 week ago | madison.com | Kelly Lecker

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Wisconsin speller Ethan Robert tied for 10th place in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ethan, a 12-year-old from New Berlin, missed the correct spelling of his last word, Allobroges, by only one letter. He placed an “i” where an “o” should be. “I’m just disappointed because I could have been in the finals,” he said. He finished toward the very top of a pool that started with 243 spellers.
robot bee

1 week ago | wiscnews.com | Kelly Lecker

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Wisconsin student advances to semifinals at national spelling bee

1 week ago | lakegenevanews.net | Kelly Lecker

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Wisconsin student advances to semifinals at national spelling bee

1 week ago | madison.com | Kelly Lecker

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Wisconsin speller Ethan Robert advanced to the Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals Wednesday morning. Ethan, a 12-year-old from New Berlin, correctly spelled the word adobo in the first round of the quarterfinals and then identified an albatross as a large sea bird in the vocabulary round. In the third round of the quarterfinals, he found himself facing a word he did not know: metonym.
1 Wisconsin speller remains in Scripps national spelling bee

1 week ago | lakegenevanews.net | Kelly Lecker

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