Whitney Young 8th-grader wins CPS spelling bee, advances to Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Friday, March 3, 2023 5:36AM

Whitney Young 8th-grader advances to Scripps National Spelling Bee

CHICAGO (WLS) — Steven Jiang, an 8th-grader from Whitney Young, is the winner of the Chicago Public Schools citywide spelling bee.

He’ll now advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee this May.

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Evelyn Hust, a 6th-grader from Coonley Elementary. placed second.

The winning word was “Saturnine.” It means slow and gloomy, and is Medieval Latin.

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