Nethraa Muthupandiyaraja visualizes a word while mentally typing it out during a practice spelling exercise with her mother, Saveetha Marimuthu, at their home in Franklin. This will be Nethraa's first time competing at the national bee.
Nethraa Muthupandiyaraja often studies in her bedroom in her family home in Franklin using her computer and a tablet, sometimes for 12 hours at a time, in preparation for the national bee, she said.
Handwritten posters of words fill the walls of the living room in Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya's family home in Middleton. Some were made as he prepared for previous bees. Others have especially difficult words on them.
The two students representing Wisconsin at the National Spelling Bee were eliminated Wednesday before reaching the finals.
Handwritten posters of words fill the walls of the living room in Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya's family home in Middleton. Some were made as he prepared for previous bees. Others have especially difficult words on them.
Nethraa Muthupandiyaraja often studies in her bedroom in her family home in Franklin using her computer and a tablet, sometimes for 12 hours at a time, in preparation for the national bee, she said.
Nethraa Muthupandiyaraja visualizes a word while mentally typing it out during a practice spelling exercise with her mother, Saveetha Marimuthu, at their home in Franklin. This will be Nethraa's first time competing at the national bee.
