The eighth-grader from Saucon Valley Middle School is among 278 spellers in Washington, D.C.
View full sizeNaomi Li, at right in the third row from the bottom, waits her turn to spell a word in an oral round this morning in the preliminaries of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.Li, a Southern Lehigh Middle School student from Upper Saucon Township, was among 278 participants from across the nation.
Today's preliminary rounds are being streamed live on espn3.com.
This is Li's second trip to the national bee. She earned this year's visit by winning the Regional Final of the Scripps National Spelling Bee sponsored by The Express-Times and lehighvalleylive.com.
View full sizeNaomi Li thinks hard about how to spell a word during the national bee today.