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Spelling Champ Vishnu Nistala Headed To Washington D.C.
Shore Middle School held a "Stump Vishnu" contest before the Mentor Schools' spelling champion left for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Mentor's spelling champion -- Vishnu Nistala, an eighth grader at -- was sent off in style to participate in the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Shore students and staff made Friday Vishnu Day in recognition of him. His classmates quizzed him during their lunch periods as part of a Stump Vishnu game.
To make it to the national compeition in Washington D.C., Vishnu won the - and before beating the best of Geauga and Ashtabula counties in a .
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This week, spellers in the national competition will begin by taking a computerized test before advancing to the Spelling Bee preliminaries.
From those, the semifinalists will be determined.
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Next, the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee Semifinals will be televised live at 10 a.m. Thursday on ESPN 2 followed by the finals, once again live, at 8 p.m. the same day on ESPN.
If you don't have cable (or aren't near a TV,) you can watch the spelling competition online.
More photos from Vishnu Day are available on the Mentor Schools web site.
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