(above, l-r) Zahra Zia, grade 4, of West End School; Raiden Landa, grade 6, of Somerset Intermediate School; Micah Nelson, grade 7, of North Plainfield High School
SCLSNJ’s Bee Spectacular Spelling Bee
SCLSNJ’s Bee Spectacular Spelling Bee was held on March 7, 2020 at the Somerset County Vocational and Technical School. Thirty-three 3rd-8th graders, including 3 North Plainfield students, competed for the title of spelling bee champion. Seventh-grader Aritra Banerjee, of Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Middle School in Bridgewater, won the bee by correctly spelling the word “viscerotonia.”
Viscerotonia is a noun of Latin origin defined by Merriam-Webster Unabridged as “a pattern of temperament that is marked by predominance of social over intellectual or physical factors, and exhibits conviviality, tolerance, complacency, and love of food.”
Banerjee, who also won SCLSNJ’s Bee Spectacular Spelling Bee in 2019, will attend the 2020 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. as the Library System’s representative.
Fifth-grader Atharv Narvekar, of Montgomery Lower Middle School in Skillman, came in second place. For more images and information explore SCLSNJ’s Bee Spectacular Spelling Bee Facebook photo album: facebook.com/SCLSNJ.
