(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte County student competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Hanna Best made it through the first two rounds, but fell short by just one word of advancing further during the written portion of the spelling bee.
Best will be an 8th grader at South Central School in August.
She qualified for the national spelling bee by winning the spelling contests at her school and at the regional level. Best finished 96th out of 247 spellers in the national contest at Washington D.C.
