A young New Jerseyan has spelled her way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals. Thirteen-year-old Nitya Kathiravan of Somerset was one of seven New Jersey students who entered this year’s contest.
The Rutgers Preparatory School eighth-grader competes for the championship on Thursday at 8 p.m. The Spelling Bee will be live and in person for the first time since 2019. The 2020 competition was canceled due to the pandemic and last year’s was mainly virtual.
