Whitney Young 8th-grader wins CPS spelling bee, advances to Scripps National Spelling Bee

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Steven Jiang, an 8th-grader from Whitney Young, is the winner of the Chicago Public Schools citywide spelling bee.

He'll now advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee this May.
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Evelyn Lust, a 6th-grader from Coonley Elementary. placed second.

The winning word was "Saturnine." It means slow and gloomy, and is Medieval Latin.
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