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'Dichromatism' helps seventh-grader win Lincolnshire spelling bee

Nearly 50 students in fourth through eighth grades went head to head Wednesday in Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103's annual spelling bee at Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire.

And it was a student from the home school, seventh-grader Nikhith Rao, who came out on top after correctly spelling 'dichromatism,' which means colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be discerned.

Grade-level competitions were held in December to determine Wednesday's finalists for the districtwide event. An audience of parents and siblings watched the competition.

Nikhith and runner-up Vedant Rathi, a fourth-grader from Half Day School, will be invited to the sectional spelling bee Feb. 24, at South Park School in Deerfield. Four finalists from three area sectional competitions will compete in March at the Lake County Spelling Bee at the College of Lake County.

  About 50 students competed Wednesday in Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 spelling bee at Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire. The winner moved on to sectionals next month in Deerfield. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Eighth-grade student George Paoletti spells a word during Wednesday's Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 spelling bee. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
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