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Oklahoma Tot Headed to Scripps National Spelling Bee

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    5-year-old Edith Fuller representing 'Tulsa Bible Church Home Educators Fellowship' defeated local runners-up Salma Waheed and Saisurya Lakkimsetti by spelling words such as minaret (a mosque's prayer tower) and jnana (Hindu spiritual knowledge). That's gotta hurt.

     
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    Homeschooled youngsters have done well at the National Spelling Bee. The first one to win was Rebecca Sealfon in 1997:

     
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    2007 National Champion Evan O'Dorney was also homeschooled:

     
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    Star speller, homeschooled Jacob Williamson from Cape Coral, Florida at the 2014 Bee:

     
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