Speller has new bee

Erdem Dulguun, a middle schooler from Virginia, organized the first official national spelling bee for Mongolian immigrants on October 22 in Washington, DC. Dulguun, age 13, is of Mongolian descent and, after finishing as the first runner-up at the 2021 Fairfax County Spelling Bee, wanted to inspire fellow Mongolian American students to become sharp spellers. He began tutoring many over Zoom after school. Then he connected with the Scripps Spelling Bee and the Mongolian Embassy. Dulguun got more than 30 students to come to DC and compete in their own bee. OVERHEARD “One thing people should not fear is to ask questions.”Malala Yousafzai, the 25-year-old Pakistani human rights activist, on the importance of children’s education. Yousafzai made history when she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient at age 17.…

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