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Eighth grader wins Middle School Spelling Bee
Lily Kingdon '29 correctly spelled fastigium to win the Middle School Spelling Bee on October 25, edging second-place finisher Nitin Seshadri '31 during a lunchtime competition that included six finalists. The pair successfully handled lamasery, paradiddle and unciferous before Seshadri got tripped up by asphodel. With the victory, Kingdon advanced to the 85th annual Miami Herald Spelling Bee in February.
Aziz Apara '29, Ben Brandrick-Morris '29, Shivam Gupta '31 and Alyssa Wang '30 were the other finalists. The students survived 21 rounds of competition over two days under the direction of RE faculty members Jody Salzinger and Flavia Araripe. The event began with 30 participants.
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.