MITCHELL — Amanuel Gemechis, a 14-year-old student at George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings, will represent South ...

"The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel letter A. It explains how the presence of a final 'e' at the end of words changes the sound of A from short to long. Through ...

Elementary and middle schoolers compete for chance to represent South Dakota at Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.

On one side are the proponents of the "science of reading" movement, a phonics- and cognitive-based ... instruction in the letter combinations and spelling patterns that form the English language." ...