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Journey Ends for Western Spring Student at National Spelling Bee
Bernadette Miao, 14, didn't advance to the semifinal round in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Photo by Mark Bowen/Scripps National Spelling Bee. Bernadette Miao, a 14-year-old eighth grader at Saint John of the Cross Parish School, competes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Update: Bernadette Miao didn’t earn a high enough score to advance to the semifinals in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Forty-Nine other spellers will continue in the competition.
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A Western Springs student is a candidate to advance to the semifinal round in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Find out what's happening in Western Springsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Bernadette Miao, a 14-year-old eighth grader at Saint John of the Cross Parish School, passed the second and third rounds of the bee by correctly spelling “paradox” and “nosography.“
Miao is speller No. 53, and she is sponsored by Commonwealth Edison. She enjoys arts and crafts, and she is an accomplished musician on both the piano and the clarinet, according to her speller profile. She loves hedgehog and Disney, and she hopes to pursue a career in medicine.
The announcement of semifinalists will be made after round three is complete.
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