Kavya Jakasania of Middle School 4 in Jersey City, the 2023 Hudson County Spelling Bee winner, prepares for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, beginning May 30.
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Jersey City students named Hudson County Spelling Bee champ, junior champ
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Jersey City seventh-grader Mujtaba Raja of Academy I, left, and fifth-grader Vansh Sunil Patel of School 27, the Alfred Zampella School, also in Jersey City, won the junior champion title in the 2021 Hudson County Spelling Bee.
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Two Jersey City students are being celebrated as top spellers this week after being named champion and junior champion of the 2021 Hudson County Spelling Bee.
Seventh-grader Mujtaba Raja of Academy I won the champion title after surviving two tie-breaker rounds in competition with students in Grades 6 through 8. And fifth-grader Vansh Sunil Patel of School 27, the Alfred Zampella School, competed against students in Grades 2 through 5 to win the junior champion title.