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'Confiscate ' Winning Word For Whiz Kid

This week's Whiz Kids are winners and runner-ups in the District 300's Middle School Spelling Bee.

Whiz Kids’ Name & Grades: 

Nick Russo, sixth grader at Algonquin Middle School

Whiz Kids’ Accomplishments: Sixth grade winner at the Community Unit School District 300 Middle School Spelling Bee.

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Russo won with the word “confiscate”

Other winners:

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Seventh-grade winner Sarah Johnson, seventh-grade runner-up Shaina Wang and 8th grade winner Jake Gholson are students at Hampshire Middle School. & Shannon Uthuppan, who attends Algonquin Middle School, was the sixth grade runner up, and Rajl Sundaresan, who attends Westfield Middle School, was the eighth grade runner-up.


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