The room erupted in cheers. Melody had won the National Spanish Spelling Bee of 2025. Melody beat 34 contestants across the ...

White Settlement ISD student, Melody Hinkle, mastered a second language and is spelling her way to a national title.

Melody Hinkle, a seventh grader from Brewer Middle School, beat out 34 other contestants from around America to claim the title!

By 1985, the Spanish spelling bee became a district-wide event with 12 schools in the Gadsden Independent School District participating, and in 1992, New Mexico became the first state to host a ...