The 30th Annual Indiana Academic Spell Bowl will take place at Portage High School on November 3rd at 6:00p.m. The competition will be held in the West Auditorium, door G. There is no charge for the event. Area high schools competing at PHS are: Chesterton, Crown Point, Hobart, LaPorte, Marquette, Michigan City, Portage, Valparaiso, Washington Township, and Wheeler. In each of the 10 rounds, one team member must correctly spell nine words from a list of over 3200 words. Individual scores are compiled into a team score and the top teams across the state will compete at Purdue University Saturday, November 15th.