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Greenburgh Students Compete For Spot In National Spelling Bee

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Students from Greenburgh Central are set to compete for a spot in the National Spelling Bee in May. 

Students from Greenburgh Central are set to compete for a spot in the National Spelling Bee in May. Woodlands Middle School student Chanya Holness won the local competition in 2013.

Students from Greenburgh Central are set to compete for a spot in the National Spelling Bee in May. Woodlands Middle School student Chanya Holness won the local competition in 2013.

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Greenburgh Central students from kindergarten through eighth grade will compete for one national spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, school officials said. One student will represent the school district in the national competition from May 25 to 31 in Washington, D.C. Nearly 120 students will compete for the one spot. The Greenburgh Central spelling bee begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 18 at R.J. Bailey Elementary School at 33 Hillside Ave. in White Plains.

"While the ultimate goal is to take the top prize in the national competition in Washington, the purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives," school officials said.

Local judges will include politicians, school board members and community leaders including Paul Feiner, Greenburgh Town Supervisor; Christopher McNerney, Police Chief, Town of Greenburgh; Frances Sheehan, Town Council and the Honorable Delores Braithwaite, Town of Greenburgh; Iris Pagan, Executive Director of Westchester of Youth Bureau and Commissioner Bill Carter, Theodore D. Young Community Center.

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