{"id":2420,"date":"2024-05-27T23:53:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T23:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2024-12-13T22:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T22:00:51","slug":"2024-spellpundit-national-senior-spelling-bee-grand-finalists-ishika-varipilli-kirsten-santos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/2024-spellpundit-national-senior-spelling-bee-grand-finalists-ishika-varipilli-kirsten-santos\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 SPELLPUNDIT NATIONAL SENIOR SPELLING BEE GRAND FINALISTS \u2013 Ishika Varipilli &#038; Kirsten Santos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are two of Houston&#8217;s brightest spellers who have made remarkable achievements at the SpellPundit Senior National Spelling Bee. Ishika Varipilli secured an impressive 4th place, while Kirsten Santos earned a commendable 7th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Ishika-_Varipilli_senior_spelling-bee_4th_Rank-637x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Ishika-_Varipilli_senior_spelling-bee_4th_Rank-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Ishika-_Varipilli_senior_spelling-bee_4th_Rank-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Ishika-_Varipilli_senior_spelling-bee_4th_Rank-768x1234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Ishika-_Varipilli_senior_spelling-bee_4th_Rank-168x270.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Ishika-_Varipilli_senior_spelling-bee_4th_Rank.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Kirsten-_Santos_senior_spelling-bee_7th_Rank-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Kirsten-_Santos_senior_spelling-bee_7th_Rank-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Kirsten-_Santos_senior_spelling-bee_7th_Rank-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Kirsten-_Santos_senior_spelling-bee_7th_Rank-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Kirsten-_Santos_senior_spelling-bee_7th_Rank-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Kirsten-_Santos_senior_spelling-bee_7th_Rank-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Spellpundit_Kirsten-_Santos_senior_spelling-bee_7th_Rank-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Both finalists are now participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and are pictured with Shourav Dasari, co-founder of SpellPundit and a former Scripps National Spelling Bee participant. This event is particularly special for Shourav, as it marks his first time experiencing the bee from the audience&#8217;s perspective since his last participation in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire SpellPundit team extends heartfelt congratulations to Ishika and Kirsten for their outstanding performances in the SpellPundit Senior National Spelling Bee. We wish them continued success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Additionally, we convey our best wishes to all the other SpellPundit spellers participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. May your hard work and dedication lead to great accomplishments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#2024SpellPunditBee #SpellPundit #SpellingBee #Spelling #Vocabulary #Spellers #Scripps #Language #Etymology #MWDictionary #Words #WordLists #Grammar #Writing #EnglishLanguage #LanguageLearning #Competitions #OnlineSpellingBee #Education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two of Houston&#8217;s brightest spellers who have made remarkable achievements at the SpellPundit Senior National Spelling Bee. Ishika Varipilli secured an impressive 4th place, while Kirsten Santos earned a commendable 7th place. Both finalists are now participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and are pictured with Shourav Dasari, co-founder of SpellPundit and a former Scripps National Spelling Bee participant. This event is particularly special for Shourav, as it marks his first time experiencing the bee from the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/2024-spellpundit-national-senior-spelling-bee-grand-finalists-ishika-varipilli-kirsten-santos\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competitions","category-spellpundit-online-spelling-bee","category-spellers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spellpundit.com\/spellshakti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}