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Hypochondria. Kinesiology. Peripheral. Can you spell these words? Twenty four Al-Rahmah elementary and middle school spelled these words and more at Al-Rahmah’s spelling bee this past Saturday, Feburary 19th. Fourth-grader Danyah Imam, and eighth-grader Sara Malik spelled their way to victory and will compete at the Baltimore regional spelling bee on March 12th. The winner from Baltimore’s Bee will go on to compete at the televised Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

Saturday’s bee featured the top three winners from each grade’s classroom spelling bee. The elementary school students competed against each other first, with Danyah and fifth-grader Mohammad Jamil coming out on top. The middle school competition followed with Sara and fellow eighth- grader Aisha Marfani being declared the winners from the middle school. Finally, these four students competed against each other. The word “palpitation” got the better of Mohammad, while using the letter “a” instead of “o” in “octopod” kept Aisha from her chances of being a finalist. Sara and Danyah won with the words “distinguishable” and “insomnia.”

Students prepared for the school bee by studying grade-appropriate word lists given to them by their teacher, and enlisted the help of family members and friends to “test” them on the words. The movie “Akeelah and the Bee” was even shown in school to help motivate the spellers.

This is the second year in a row that Al-Rahmah School has held a spelling bee as an enrolled school of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and with the success of this year’s bee, hopes to continue the “buzzing” tradition next year too.

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