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Valley Forge Student Takes 3rd In Chester County Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Valley Forge Middle School student Nishka Avunoori for her performance in the county's spelling bee.!

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Top row from left to right: Michael Solensky, Soham Katdare and Syreeta Das. Bottom row from left to right: Nishka Avunoori, Jenna Hamilton, Greyson Walko, Isabella Sanchez.
Top row from left to right: Michael Solensky, Soham Katdare and Syreeta Das. Bottom row from left to right: Nishka Avunoori, Jenna Hamilton, Greyson Walko, Isabella Sanchez. (Kelsey Kilgore, Communications Specialist/Chester County Intermediate Unit)

WAYNE, PA — A Valley Forge Middle School student rencetly came in third place in the Chester County Spelling Bee.

According to the Chester County Intermediate Unit, the bee was held on Monday, Feb. 10 in Downingtown.

With 49 students from 49 different schools spelling their way through 260 words, Nishka Avunoori of Valley Forge Middle School finished third.

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Soham Katdare, an eighth grader at Downingtown Middle School, took first place and earned a spot in Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest in Washington, D.C., which begins on Sunday, May 24.

Syreeta Das of Lionville Middle School and Michael Solensky of Hopewell Elementary School tied for second place. The third-place winners in addition to Avunoori were Jenna Hamilton of Scott Middle School, Isabella Sanchez of Collegium Charter School and Greyson Walko of Villa Maria Academy Lower School.

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Katdare won third place in the 2019 Chester County Spelling Bee.

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