The regional rounds of the 9th Bulgarian National Spelling Bee competition took part in Blagoevgrad, Sliven, Montana, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Sofia, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo on March 23th and 24th.
The national finalists are 30 and they are the best spellers among 6500 students from 279 schools from allover the country. They are from Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Dobrich, Tryavna, Vratsa, Pernik, Kyustendil, Karnobat, Targovishte , Kostenets, Dobrich, Pleven, Breznik, Burgas, Byala Slatina, Simitli, Belitsa, Montana, Troyan, Velingrad, Razgrad, Karlovo, Rakowski i Parvomay. They demonstrated exceptional knowledge of English and spelled very well the difficult words given by the jury panels. A lot of teachers, parents and guests applauded the excellent performance of the competitors.
The national Spelling Bee final will be in Sofia on April 21 at the new hall of the American college, when we will learn who is the national Spelling Bee champion for 2019.