Two-hundred eighty one champion spellers, 139 boys and 142 girls, are on their way to Washington, D.C., for next week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. All events take place at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Md. Times in the schedule are Eastern Daylight Time:
- Computer-Based Test (Preliminaries), Tuesday, May 27, morning
- Round Two (Preliminaries), Wednesday, May 28, 8–11:45 AM
- Round Three (Preliminaries), Wednesday, May 28, 1:15–4:45 PM
- Computer-Based Test (Semifinals), Wednesday, May 28, 7–8 PM
- Semifinals, Thursday, May 29, 10 AM–1 PM
- Championship Finals, Thursday, May 29, 8–10 PM (ESPN)
They range in age from 8 to 15 years, are enrolled in second through eighth grade, and attend all sorts of different school types:
