PORTALES 6TH GRADER WILL BE MOVING ON TO NATIONAL SPANISH SPELLING BEE
PORTALES (KSEL)- 6th grader at Lindsey Steiner Elementary in Portales, Fernando Gomez Jr., will represent the State of New Mexico in the 2019 National Spanish Bee this summer. Fernando finished 2nd place in the New Mexico State Spanish Spelling Bee last weekend. Eastern New Mexico News Reports, the State Spelling Bee lasted a total of four hours and went 33 rounds. He will be competing against the winners and runners up from the other state bees that were held nationwide.
