Ella Limbaugh is a thirteen-year old 8th grader, who goes to Berkshire Middle School, and is also a Scripps National Spelling Bee contestant, a role model, and an important part of our community. She has a loving family, which is built up from a Mom, a dad, and a little sister, who is in 5th grade, and will be arriving at Berkshire in September. Ella’s family is very supportive, and always encourages her to do her best, even if she doesn’t win. She loves living in Beverly Hills. She won the spelling bee for Berkshire, and was sent the Oakland Schools Spelling Bee. She won that over all, and was sent to the Nationals. Ella Limbaugh grew up in a house full of books to read. She studies very hard, and we are all proud of her.
My sister, Eleanor Limbaugh, is an important character in our community. She was a Scripps National Spelling Bee contestant, and she did really well until the end. She did not make it to the finals of the nationals, but she made it all the way through otherwise. She left for the competition on Sunday, May 26. She came back Thursday, May 30. If she had won the Nationals, she would have gotten $50,000 and would have come home on June 1. She got sent home early, because there were only to be 50 students in the finals at most. First there was a written test on Monday, and then, Tuesday and Wednesday they went up to the podium and spelled words. Ella spelled every word that came to her correctly but, with this spelling bee, it was all about points. If you missed the word, you got 0 points, if you spelled the word correctly, you got 3 points. If you got everything right on the written test, you got 30 points. So in the Nationals, they did it differently and had different rules. She was a great representative of Oakland School’s community.
Ella Limbaugh impacts the community by being a great role model. She doesn’t let anything get to her. She is a great person to look up to, and is always open to a good book. She says, “When I first learned I was going to the Nationals, I started studying as soon as I got the word list." Even the local newspaper, The Eagle took interest in this brilliant speller and wrote an article about Ella. It wrote about how she studies, and what she’s accomplished. Ella Limbaugh is a good sport about things, and she impacts our community so much by just doing the things she does every day, and being such a good role model to others. Ella Limbaugh works very hard in school and enjoys school very much. The best thing about Ella Limbaugh is that she does not get crazy anxious and is able to enjoy other people's successes.
In conclusion, Ella Limbaugh is a role model, and a very important part of our community. She is a great person to look up to, and a great speller. We are lucky to have such a great impact in our community. Usually when people think of people who impact communities, they think of grown-up, or super famous people. But, Ella Limbaugh is only 13 years old, and she is impacting our community in lots of different ways, which is awesome. It shows that children and young adults can just as well be people who make a difference.
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