The Bay Area is well-represented in the finals of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Three local students – seventh grader Dhruv Subramanian, 12, of Windemere Ranch Middle School in San Ramon, eighth grader Vikrant Chintanaboina, 14, of Discovery Charter School - Falcon Campus in San Jose, and seventh grader Shradha Rachamreddy, 13, of BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper School in San Jose – are among the 11 finalists competing to be crowned spelling champion Thursday night.
The Bay Area is well-represented in the finals of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee.
All three competitors are sponsored by the San Ramon Valley Rotary Club.
Thursday's final is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
Two Bay Area spellers have won the competition in the past: Evan M. O’Dorney in 2007 and Rishik Gandhasri in 2019.
Get a weekly recap of the latest San Francisco Bay Area housing news. Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
