Queens whiz Arvind Mahankali will never forget how to spell “schwannoma.” Mahankali’s spellbinding run at the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in third place for the second consecutive year after misspelling the word as s-c-h-v-o-n-o-m-a and hearing the dreaded ding of elimination. “I tried an educated guess, but I was not completely sure,” said Mahankali, [...]
Queens whiz Arvind Mahankali will never forget how to spell “schwannoma.” For the second straight year, Mahankali placed third at the Scripps National Spelling Bee after misspelling the word s-c-h-v-o-n-o-m-a and hearing the dreaded ding of elimination. Mahankali came in ninth in 2010. For his spellbinding run, Mahankali won $7,500. The 12-year-old wordsmith advanced to the national [...]
Mitchell Leung has the borough spellbound. The fifth-grade student from P.S. 499 and North Flushing native recently competed in the city-wide spelling bee, after taking home top honors at the Queens Bee. Mitchell’s favorite subject in school has always been reading, estimating that he owns over several hundred books. He tends to favor science fiction [...]
