Kavya Jakasania, a seventh-grade student at Middle School 4 in Jersey City, reached the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Kavya Jakasania, a seventh-grade student at Middle School 4 in Jersey City, reached the semifinals of the national competition, which were held on Wednesday,This was the 13-year-old’s first time participating in the scholarly event, which took place in Maryland — and sheJakasania, who was disqualified on the word “revellent,” is not discouraged by her loss — and plans to work “twice as hard” in the next year, she told the outlet.
Her father Satyam explained that all the other contestants had participated before and employed the use of coaches to prep them. “She did it on her own,” he told The Jersey Journal.Jakasania’s father said she prepped for the competition without a coach or past experience.
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