Saint John of the Parish School Student Wins Spelling Bee.

St. John of the Cross Parish School, eighth grader, Bernadette Miao, competed at the Regional Spelling Bee on February 19, 2015, defeating the top competitors at all regional schools to earn a trip to the National Scripps Spelling to be held in Washington, D.C. late May. Over 400,000 students competed in the region.

Bernadette studied approximately two hours each evening to prepare for this competition using many different tools. She studied word origins and joined a “word club” group that provides powerful lessons for vocabulary and language. Bernadette’s winning word was “emancipation.”