Two middle school students will represent Orange County in national spelling bee today

Dean Alkhairy
Two Orange County students are spellers in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The on-stage competition begins today from Washington D.C.
Thirteen-year-olds Nicholas D’Sa of St. Cecilia Catholic School, from Tustin, and Dean Alkhairy of Fairmont Private School, from Newport Beach, will represent the OC at the national bee.D’Sa has studied French, Latin and Greek roots hoping it will help him figure out spellings of words he doesn’t know.
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