Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Robin Roper can. The Severn River Middle School student is ready to face-off in this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. “I gradually got better at the school bee cause I could compete for 3 years, ...

“The important thing to know about spelling is that it’s not just rote memorization,” says Ananya Vinay, champion of the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee, who will ceremonially open this year’s bee ...

OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) - Spelling savants traced letters onto their palms or gazed at the ceiling on Wednesday while racking their brains in hopes of advancing to the next level of the Scripps ...

When Laiba Ali was in the fourth grade she came home from school with some exciting news for her mom: She won the class spelling bee. Her mother, Shahla Ali was in her residency in medical school at ...

‘AKEELAH and the Bee” is so warm and well-meaning that you may find yourself wanting to like it more than you really do. This uplifting but unimaginative spelling-bee drama stars a winsome 11-year-old ...