{"id":295350,"date":"2019-03-12T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=295350"},"modified":"2019-03-12T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:00:23","slug":"nmi-rep-8-places-2nd-at-spelling-regionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-rep-8-places-2nd-at-spelling-regionals\/","title":{"rendered":"NMI rep, 8, places 2nd at spelling regionals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessie Campbell representing the Agape Christian School spells a word during the 47th annual Scripps Regional Spelling Bee eary March 2019. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An 8-year-old student of Agape Christian School managed to place second at the 47th Annual Scripps Regional Spelling Bee in Guam.<\/p>\n

Jessie Campbell, daughter of ACS teacher Don Campbell, placed second in the regional spelling competition and only lost to a much older Rina Olsen from the St. John\u2019s School in Guam, who is 12 years old.<\/p>\n

As the second placer, Campbell could proceed to represent the region at the 92nd Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.\u2014if Olsen is unable to go herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find it very scary when she is up on stage, especially when it is her word,\u201d said her dad, Don Campbell, in an interview. \u201cShe looks calm[er] than I [am], so I put a smile on so my nervousness doesn\u2019t transfer to her.\u201d <\/p>\n

He noted that his daughter only had a month to prepare for the competition in Guam.<\/p>\n

Some of the words that Jessie Campbell was asked to spell during the Guam competition were \u201ccaboose,\u201d \u201ckudzu,\u201d \u201chistoplasmosis,\u201d \u201covoid,\u201d \u201clurid,\u201d and \u201cincarnadine,\u201d to name a few.<\/p>\n

This was Jessie Campbell\u2019s first year at the regionals, while Olsen had been there six times \u201cso she has a lot more experience,\u201d said Don Campbell.<\/p>\n

Jessie Campbell competed with 62 other participants at the regional spelling bee, representing Pohnpei, the CNMI, and Guam, all ranging from 4th to 8th grade. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been [participating in the Scripps Spelling Bee] for many years,\u201d said Pastor Kok H. Pang, administrator of ACS. \u201c\u2026For Jessie to do so well [in a regional spelling bee], we are so overjoyed.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing many words is so important so that they can write better, read better,\u201d Pang added. <\/p>\n

Don Campbell noted that plans for future spelling bees have yet to be finalized.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will see. She still has to compete here,\u201d he said, adding that Jessie Campbell would most likely be participating in upcoming spelling bees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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