Sarah Anne Allen has been a smart child all her life and she proved it at Saturday's 63rd annual Scripps Regional Spelling Bee when the seventh grader outspelled her 30 opponents to win the competition. She will now head to the Scripp's National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, to be held June 2-4. She was featured on the front page of Sunday's Waynesboro News-Virginian.
The Allen family is part of PEACH (Parent Educators of Augusta County Homes), the local home school group that brings several hundred home school families together for support, sports, education, entertainment, field trips, teen activities, and plain old good times together.
Home schoolers continue to prove they can compete with their public/private school peers. Last year PEACH student Andrew Taylor won the regional spelling bee and went on to DC where he made it to the fifth round.
We wish Sarah Anne the best as she prepares for the big event in June.
Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV)
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
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