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William L. Poretsky is a 12 year old Tribal Member in the 6th grade at Aspen Academy in Savage, Minnesota.  William recently participated in the Twin Cities Regional Spelling Bee, held in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 6, 2025. He attended the Bee after winning the championship for his school.

5,460 students participated in the 2024-2025 Spelling Bee for the Twin Cities. William was one of only 50 who qualified for the regional bee after winning his school's bee on the word "i-n-f-r-a-s-t-r-u-c-t-u-r-e."  At the regional bee, he competed valiantly, and finished in the top 35 students out of the 3.7 million people in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. As a first time competitor at the regional level, this was a huge success.

William plans to return next year and has his sights set on representing the Twin Cities at the National Bee in Washington, DC in 2026. He is also a repeated recipient of his school's High Honor Roll designation and a member of the National Junior Honor Society.