I have mixed feelings on this. I applaud the young person for striving for excellence, but I have trouble with activities that reinforce a subgroup’s tendency to not adopt our country’s language and such.
My feelings aren’t mixed at all. This is the United States and we speak and spell in English. Spanish spelling bees belong in Mexico or Spain. Here in Texas we deal with hordes of people who refuse to learn English, and that’s just the legal ones. Signage everywhere is in two languages, we have a ton of Spanish cable channels, Spanish radio stations, etc. It is divisive and expensive.