San Antonio students buzz ahead to National Spanish Spelling Bee

Nathan Martinez has always been on the shy side, but the eighth-grader becomes a different version of himself when he competes. Now he’s one of three San Antonio students heading to El Paso for the National Spanish Spelling Bee. The annual event celebrates bilingual education and, like any spelling bee, fosters self-confidence, public speaking skills and poise under pressure. Nathan, 14, has that poise.

considers ‘clustering’ dual language campuses to help with budget deficit, teacher shortage “It felt amazing, winning regionals and seeing the judges, these people with PhDs, give up because we were doing so well,” Nathan recalled. It meant redemption. He had been eliminated at the district level the year prior for misspelling the word “Lluvia,” which means rain. It was an easy word, Nathan said, but he doubted himself in the moment and slipped up.

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