Great Valley student wins Chesco spelling bee

Pictured above is 2016 Chester County Spelling Bee Champion Aakash Narayan from Great Valley Middle School, with second place winner Krishna Doraisamy and third place winners Rohan Rojy, Esha Singh and Jack Verhagen. (From left to right: Jack Verhagen, Aakash Narayan, Krishna Doraisamy, Rohan Rojy and Esha Singh.) DOWNINGTOWN –”D-y-s-p-e-p-t-i-c.” With those nine letters in that...

Students compete in county Spelling Bee, Monday

DOWNINGTOWN — The county’s top spelling students will compete to win the annual Chester County Spelling Bee, Monday, Feb. 8, as elementary and middle school students from across the county spell words most mortals can only guess at. The event, which begins at 9:00 a.m., will be streamed live on CCiTV and is a qualifying bee for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It will be held at the Chester...

County’s top speller to be named Monday

Pictured here, is 2014 Chester County Spelling Bee Champion Jacob George from St. Norbert School who out-spelled the other students to earn the title. The 2015 Chester County Spelling Bee will take place on Monday, February 9, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and will be live streamed on CCiTV. DOWNINGTOWN – Who is Chester County’s top speller? That question will be answered on Monday, February 9 at...

Chester County spelling bee set for Feb. 7

DOWINGTOWN – Chances are, there are 52 students from 52 Chester County schools who have been carefully examining the dictionary. These students are preparing for the 2012 Chester County Spelling Bee which will be held on Feb. 7 at 9 a.m.. The event, which is a qualifying bee for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, will be held at the Chester County Intermediate Unit’s Educational Service Center...