D.C. SPELLING CHAMPION MOVES ON TO QUARTER FINALS

Speller 31, Jerald Jude Campana of Washington, D.C., representing The Washington Informer competes in the Preliminaries of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023  (Photo/E. M. Pio Roda / Scripps National Spelling Bee)

CONGRATULATIONS JERALD:  Sponsored by the Washington Informer, Washington, D.C. Spelling Champion Jerald Jude Campana  successfully spelt his 3rd Round word “embalmment” and now moves on to Round 4 and the Quarterfinals in the Scripps National Spelling Bee currently taking  place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

The Quarterfinals will be held Wednesday, May 31, from 8 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET