2 Kan. teens among field at Scripps National Spelling Bee
Emory Jobe, 14, 8th Grade, Mission Trail Middle School in Olathe-courtesy photo
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Emory Jobe, 14, 8th Grade, Mission Trail Middle School in Olathe-courtesy photo
Since 1999, 28 of the last 34 Scripps National Spelling Bee champions have been Indian American. And most of those winners are the offspring of parents who arrived in the
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When Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985, a headline on an Associated Press article read, "Immigrants' son wins National Spelling Bee," with the first paragraph noting the champion "speaks his parents' native Indian language at home."
Since 1999, 28 of the last 34 Scripps National Spelling Bee champions have been Indian American.