We found out our local schools were having spelling bees here, too, and Natalie was excited for another shot. Elizabeth was, too. Elizabeth ended up getting out towards the end of her class bee. I guess she had actually spelled "chrysanthemum" right but her teacher had misheard her and then it was too late. Natalie ended up getting 3rd place in her class spelling bee when she was given the word "coarse" and spelled it "course". We'd been used to practicing by the rules where they tell you if the word is a homonym but she still should have asked for a definition. Anyway, she was disappointed but handled it well. Then, the girl who got 2nd place decided she didn't want to participate in the school bee so Natalie got to take her place. She ended up winning that one so she moved on to the district bee.
That was pretty intense and we were all nervous. There were some excellent spellers there. It was kind of funny to see that Natalie was the only (that we could tell) white kid among the 50 kids there representing their schools. She made it through her first two words easily.
Then she sadly got out on "surreptitious". She spelled it with an "e" instead of a "u". She was disappointed but we were so proud of her. Her principal was proud too and kept telling her what a great job she did. Maybe next year!
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