3 Central Valley students in Scripps National Spelling Bee

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Over 240 champion spellers from crossed the state are successful Washington, DC, to spot who volition go the adjacent Scripps Cup Spelling Bee Champion.

Central California volition beryllium good represented with 3 students from close present successful the Valley.

They dwell of 14-year-old Caroline Van Garsse from Alta Sierra Intermediate School, which is successful Fresno.

From Visalia, we person 14-year-old Sarvadnya Kadam of Oak Grove Elementary School. The young pupil antecedently competed successful 2023 and 2024, and is backmost for 1 much round.

From Herbert Hoover Middle School successful Merced, we person 13-year-old Lawrence Ye.

The 3 students volition instrumentality portion successful the preliminaries Tuesday morning, with the quarterfinals and semifinals taking spot connected Wednesday, and the finals this Thursday.

Good luck to our Valley ace spellers!