Mount Vernon teen headed to national spelling bee

March

Lagan Bayomobo, a 13-year-old A.B. Davis Middle School student, will represent Mount Vernon in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.

By spelling the word cravat correctly Legan was able to secure his fate an be declared the winner of the district spelling bee.

His father Denabwe Bayombo said he knew his son would master the word, of French origin meaning neck band, because the family are natives of Congo and speak fluent French.

The second place winner is LaBrea Pringle, 14, of Longfellow Middle School and in third is Cristina Alston, 13, also of A.B. Davis Middle School.

With the help of the Mount Vernon Inquirer this is the third year the district is able to send a student to the spelling bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is the nation’s largest and longest-running educational promotion. The competition will take place on May 28 and 29 and will be broadcast live on ABC.

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 29th, 2009 at 7:00 am by Diana Costello.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print This Post | Email This Post

It is a condition of your use of the comment features associated with the blogs that you do not: Use the site to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law. You alone are responsible for the material you post or send. Refer to the Terms of Service.