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Palo Alto 6th Grader Wins State Elementary School Spelling Bee

The youngster from the private Challenger School competed against 55 students in 29 counties.

Vayun Krishna, a private Challenger School student, won it with the word "rapport."
Vayun Krishna, a private Challenger School student, won it with the word "rapport." (Santa Clara County Office Of Education)

PALO ALTO, CA — A sixth-grader from Palo Alto won this year's state elementary school spelling bee with the winning word "rapport," officials with the Santa Clara County Office of Education announced this week.

Vayun Krishna, a student at the private Challenger School in Sunnyvale, competed against 55 students from 29 counties at the bee on May 11 at the San Joaquin Office of Education in Stockton.

Krishna emerged victorious after 11 rounds and won a Kindle Fire, a Spelling Bee backpack and a $250 Barnes & Noble gift card. He and Ari Philip, a sixth-grader from John Sinnott Elementary School in Milpitas who attended the state bee and advanced to the fourth round, will be honored in a Santa Clara County education board meeting on June 19.

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