Faizaan Somani successfully retained his Spelling Bee title for the third consecutive year

Faizaan Somani continued his winning streak for the third consecutive year at the annual Spelling Bee contest organized by the QSI International School of Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic.

The annual Spelling Bee competition for the academic year 2014-15 was organized on 13 November 2014. The students were split into four groups, according to their ages. FAIZAAN SOMANI won the competition for the age group 9-11 years (total participants in his group were 22). Faizaan has consistently excelled in the annual Spelling Bee competitions at the QSI International School of Bishkek and his performance history is presented below:

Year 2014-15	Winner (9-11 years age group)
Year 2013-14	Winner (9-11 years age group)
Year 2012-13	Winner (7-8 years age group)
Year 2011-12	First runners up (7-8 years age group)

http://www.qsi.org/media/6638/14nov21.pdf

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