Centerville eighth-grader wins Dayton Area Spelling Bee

An eighth-grader at Centerville’s Watts Middle School has won the Dayton Area Spelling Bee.

Arjun Kurup out-spelled 14 other students and earned a trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., at the end of May.

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He initially thought he missed his opportunity to advance to the national bee.

“There were three of us left, and I missed by word,” he said. “But then the next two people missed their words, too, so I was able to go back up.”

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Along the way to winning this spelling bee, Kurup also won his school-wide bee among sixth, seventh and eighth grades.