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Items Tagged "spelling bee"

News Photos

Santos DeBarros, champion of the Loudoun County Spelling Bee, and Sean Michael Bills of Emerick Elementary watch as Meaghan Rachal of Belmont Ridge competes for second place. 89 Loudoun County public, private and home-schooled students participated.

Santos DeBarros shows off his smile after winning the Loudoun County Bee and earning a trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., on May 30 and 31.

Santos DeBarros, a home schooled seventh grader from Waterford, approached the microphone for the winning world, psychokinesis.

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News Stories

Loudoun News Briefs

Thursday, March 12, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Seventh-Grader Spells His Way to National Bee

Friday, March 7, 2008

As Santos DeBarros walked off the stage Thursday night at the Loudoun County Spelling Bee, something happened for the first time in his life. Somebody asked for his autograph. Read story and 3 comments »