spelling bee

Prescott 13-year-old Aliyah Alpert was eliminated in the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night. She was the last-standing contestant from Arizona.

This year’s Arizona Spelling Bee Champion has made it to the final round of the national bee in Washington, D.C. Aliyah Alpert a sixth-grader from Prescott advanced to the finals over the Memorial Day weekend nailing the word “nuciform.”