10-year-old N’Adom Darko-Asare, a student at DPS International Ghana, won the Spelling Bee 2022 competition.
Miss Darko-Asare’s masterpiece is “BATHYPELAGIC.”
10-year-old Nii Odartey Elorm Manyo-Plange of The Roman Ridge School was second in second place and Aarna Bhaveshkumar Tailor, 11 of DPS International Ghana, Tema, was second.
The league finals were seen by a total of 115 participants in the first round, with the score falling in the following rounds until the 12th round, with three finalists spelling their route.
Nii Odartey and Aarna both missed their closing remarks, but fortunately the selected finalists relied on the points earned for their performance.
For his award as champion, N’Adom Darko-Asare won a trip to Washington DC, USA to represent Ghana at the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, spent $ 500, cut out a trophy, fully installed DStv Explora decoder with a 6-month subscription, Indomie products, gold medal and voucher for fuel GH ¢ 300 Goil. Nii Odartey Elorm Manyo-Plange won a trip to Nairobi sponsored by Kenya Airways, cash $ 150, a fully installed DStv HD Zapper decoder with 3-month compact tracking, Indomie products, a silver medal and a GH-150 Goil fuel voucher.
Aarna Bhaveshkumar Tailor also won a trip to Nairobi sponsored by Kenya Airways, cash $ 150, a fully installed DStv HD Zapper decoder with 3-month compact tracking, Indomie products, a bronze medal and a GH-150 Goil fuel voucher.
All other players received certificates of recognition, Indomie products, custom T-shirts, commemorative medals, custom bags and novels donated by the PAS-US embassy, while the top three winners’ schools received certificates of recognition, GH ¢. 1,000 fuel vouchers sponsored by GOIL.
Spelling Bee-Gh is a literary program aimed at primary school children in Ghana. It teaches them to use the English language effectively. The Scripps Spelling Bee franchise program has been running in Ghana for the past fourteen years. Spelling Bee affects more than 30,000 students in 10 county towns.
Spelling Bee-Gh acts as an inclusive policy, where students with special needs are encouraged to participate in the program.
As a result, Tetteh Ocloo State School in Adjei Kojo received support from The Spelling Bee to participate in the program and include sign language in the oral competition.
