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Spelling Bee Winner Emerges After 63 Rounds: Valley View

One student won the Brooks Middle School Spelling Bee only after 63 long rounds of competition, including 47 head-to-head rounds.

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Sumaiya Idrees won the spelling bee and defended her spelling championship title from two competitors.
Sumaiya Idrees won the spelling bee and defended her spelling championship title from two competitors. (Image courtesy of Jim Blaney, Director of Community Relations / Valley View Public Schools)

From Valley View School District 365U:

BOLINGBROOK, IL — It was apparent that neither Brooks Middle School 7th grader Sofia Aragon nor Brooks 8th grader, and defending Spelling Bee Champion, Sumaiya Idrees were interested in going home. The two students went a total of 63 rounds, 47 rounds head-to-head, before a winner finally emerged at the Brooks Middle School Spelling Bee.

In Round 63, the door opened for Sumaiya and she re-claimed her title by correctly spelling the word “reductive”. Watch the video to see the two contestants go back-and-forth.
Sumaiya advances at the Brooks representative to the Will County Spelling Bee on March 10. Also representing Valley View as school champions are: Miriam Tsegay, 7th grade, Jane Addams Middle School; Brandon Dohmeier, 7th grade, Humphrey Middle School; Lukancic Middle School will determine their champion on January 27.

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