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SoCal Students to Compete in National Spelling Bee – NBC 7 San Diego


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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. 
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She enjoys reading books (dystopian novels in particular) and playing chess, the video game Minecraft and the multiplayer online game Roblox. She also likes making origami (mostly animals), building with Lego, eating chocolate and deciphering riddles and jokes. Her favorite book is the young adult high fantasy novel “Eragon,” favorite author is J.R.R. Tolkien and favorite actress is Emma Watson.  ....

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