Chesco Spelling Bee Winner a Paoli Student
A Saint Norbert middle schooler spells some tough words to win a place in the national spelling bee.
A seventh-grade student from St. Norbert's School in Paoli is heading to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington after winning the Chester County Bee on Friday. Jacob George won the competition held Friday in Downingtown by correctly spelling "bandicoot"which the Merriam-Webster Dictionary site defines as: 1: any of several very large rats (genera Bandicota and Nesokia) of southern Asia destructive to crops 2 : any of various small chiefly insectivorous and herbivorous marsupial mammals (family Peramelidae or family Peroryctidae) of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea Jacob has until late May to prepare for the national competition which is held in Washington, DC. How Jacob is preparing for national competition. He's studying by …
