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9-year-old from Boca Raton's Garden of the Sahaba Academy competing in Scripps National Spelling Bee

Raza Hidayath
Posted at 6:16 AM, May 27, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-27 11:32:58-04

South Florida will be well represented at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

One of those competing is 9-year-old Raza Hidayath -- a student at the Garden of the Sahaba Academy in Boca Raton.

His sister competed in the spelling bee last year.

All spellers will take a written test Monday and the preliminary rounds begin Tuesday. Finalists will be announced Wednesday evening.