South Jersey Spelling Bee

FOLSOM — Forty-three students from five South Jersey counties will meet at Folsom Elementary School on Saturday for the South Jersey Regional Spelling Bee. The winner will head to Maryland to compete in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee this spring.

The students come from Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties for the regional competition. Last year’s winner, Alexandria Ciurlino, of St. Vincent de Paul School in Mays Landing, will compete again this year. She is in eighth grade.

This is Folsom’s third year hosting the regional bee. It was previously held in Galloway Township, according to event organizer Tiffany Hathaway, a teacher in Folsom.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place May 27 through June 1 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and is televised nationally. Only one winner has ever come from New Jersey, according to the organization.

Competing is  Mullica Township Middle School — Hannah Recine

See a list of the other participants with this story 

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Update

FOLSOM — After 38 rounds of nonstop spelling, Alexandria Ciurlino won the South Jersey Regional Spelling Bee for the second year in a row.

Alexandria, an eighth-grader at St. Vincent de Paul Regional School in Mays Landing, defended her title as the region's top speller with the word "lipsync."
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