Texans Swept the National Spanish Spelling Bee

WHO: Richardson eighth grader Antonietta Perozo Gamero.WHAT: The National Spanish Spelling Bee, in El Paso, where fourth through eighth graders compete entirely in Spanish.WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Antonietta Perozo Gamero was confident she knew how to spell the word she’d just been assigned, but she still took her time. First she wrote the word down. Then she asked for the definition and mouthed the word silently to herself. Finally, she heard the word repeated and wrote it down again. “I was so motivated to win in that moment,” Perozo said. “I was really listening and trying to get every piece of information that I could get to help me spell the word correctly.” She spelled “jovialidad,” or “joviality” in English, quickly and smoothly, and with…

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