SoCal Students to Compete in National Spelling Bee – NBC 7 San Diego
Alex Wong/Getty Images The 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee began Saturday on a virtual basis with a 13-year-old from Tarzana and two from Orange County among the reduced field of 209. Irene Thomas graduated Friday from eighth grade at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, a fourth through 12th grade magnet school in Tarzana. It kept its original name after moving to the site of the former Sequoia Junior High School in 1980. Download our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. She enjoys reading books (dystopian novels in particula...