Can you spell “auriferous”? What about “susurration”? Or “arpeggio”?
Eighth-grader Aurora Alten-Huber can. And she did on Tuesday, at the Haines School Spelling Bee.
Alten-Huber captured her second consecutive spelling crown, correctly spelling “auriferous” in the 12th round. Sixth-grader Stella Ordonez placed second, stumbling on “ecclesiastical,” and fifth-grader Mackenzy Dryden took third after tripping up on “appositive.”
By round eight, 11 of the 13 spellers had been knocked out, leaving Alten-Huber and Ordonez to battle…