I participated in the Scripps Bee every year I was eligible, 5th thru 8th grade, back in the Dark Ages, when we didn’t have as many words, lol.
Never made it to Washington, but came in 2nd in my state my last year, after representing my county every year. The guy who beat me won the National Bee.
This is a repeat, because I posted about it this time last year, so I won’t tell my exit word. Oh, and I wasn’t home-schooled, but I was country-schooled at the time.
bravo...!!!