No 'exonumia' for New Mexico girl in bee
Submitted on June 10, 2004 - 12:00am.
Bravetta Hassell - Hampton Short Course 2004
WASHINGTON – The 77th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee that concludes June 3, has been a learning experience for Coralie Rose Clark, 11, of Window Rock, N.M.
“I think I did well for the first time,” Coralie said.
Coralie misspelled “exonumia,” placing an “A” where the “O” belonged in the competition's Round 2. “Exonumia” means collectible medals or tokens.
The pool of 265 children who took the preliminary written spelling test June 1 shrank to 46 by the end of competition June 2.
Coralie, a fifth grader at Window Rock Elementary School, and Brenna Ann Cobb, a sixth grade student at Thoreau Middle School, of Thoreau, N.M., did not advance to Round 3 after judges combined test scores with their Round 2 oral spelling performance.
“I think I did well for the first time,” Coralie said.
Coralie misspelled “exonumia,” placing an “A” where the “O” belonged in the competition's Round 2. “Exonumia” means collectible medals or tokens.
The pool of 265 children who took the preliminary written spelling test June 1 shrank to 46 by the end of competition June 2.
Coralie, a fifth grader at Window Rock Elementary School, and Brenna Ann Cobb, a sixth grade student at Thoreau Middle School, of Thoreau, N.M., did not advance to Round 3 after judges combined test scores with their Round 2 oral spelling performance.
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