SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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Clara Barton has enrolled in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It is one of the nation’s oldest and most popular competitions with a purpose; to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, and learn new concepts that will help them throughout their lives.

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2023-2024 Spelling Bee

 

Clara Barton PTSA is proudly bringing back the Spelling Bee for the academic year 2023-2024 after the great success last year. Clara Barton has enrolled in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It is one of the nation’s oldest popular competitions with the purpose of helping students to improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.

 

ENROLLMENT

 

Registration is open to all students in Grades 1 through 5. Cost is $25, which is paid online at the time of registration. If you would like to inquire about scholarship information, please reach out to the Clara Barton Elementary counselor, Madison LeCompte. Last day of registration is on 10/18/23 (Wednesday). The fee covers enrollment, optional practice sessions, access to the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2024 Study List, qualifying written test, a participation certificate, and supplies. This year we have divided the practice session into two categories according to the grades to enhance their knowledge about the spellings.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Register by 10/18/23

 

1st and 2nd Grade:  

  • 1st meet up: 10/19/23 Thursday Orientation  3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room. 
  • 2nd meet up 11/16/23 Thursday Practice 3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room.  
  • 3nd meet up 12/7/23 Thursday Practice 3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room 
  • Spelling Bee Preliminary: 1/18 /24 Tuesday 3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room 

 

3rd 4th and 5th Grade:

  • · 1st meet up: 10/26/23 Thursday Orientation 3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room.
  • · 2nd meet up 11/30/23 Thursday Practice 3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room.
  • · 3nd meet up 12/14/23 Thursday Practice 3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room
  • · Spelling Bee Preliminary: 1/18 /24 Tuesday 3:50-5:00pm School Steam Room
  • · School Spelling Bee Finals: 2/24/24 Saturday 10:00-12:00 pm Commons/Gym

 

 

IMPORTANT FACTS:

A list of 450 words will be emailed to participants after sign up.


Registered students will meet in Clara Barton in October, November & December. Each meet up will have coaching with tips, games, mock rounds and written rounds based on the word list.
Registered students will enter a Preliminary Written Round in January. Top Students of each grade will move on to the Finals in February where a School Champion, Runner Up & Grade-Level Champions will be selected.


The School Champion will advance to District Level to be held in Seattle & hosted by Scripps National Spelling Bee.


All participants receive a participation certificate. School winners receive medals and prizes.
The Spelling Bee is a PTSA initiative and sponsored by Clara Barton PTSA. If not a PTSA member, please consider joining by checking out our membership page.

 

Like all enrichment programs, we need volunteers to help administer the two after-school practice sessions and the grade-level written test. If you would like to volunteer, please email our Spelling Bee chairs. We appreciate your support of our school’s Spelling Bee, which enriches education and promotes the academic skills of our students. It’s buzzworthy stuff indeed!

 

When spelling orally, judges are looking at lips for clear enunciation and will keep a two-minute timer. During the two minutes, spellers may ask to hear the word again, ask for the definition, sentence, part of speech, language(s) of origin, and alternate pronunciations**. Spellers may not ask root word questions or request slower pronunciation. It is the speller’s responsibility to say each letter distinctly and with sufficient volume to be understood by the judges. According to the to rules for 2024 Local Spelling bee judges are in complete control of the competition and their decision is final on all questions!

 

**Scripps National Spelling Bee recommends Merriam-Webster for correct pronunciation, definition, etc.

 

 

Q: What is Spelling Bee? How do I participate?

The Spelling Bee in Clara Barton is a PTSA initiative at school level. The Spelling Bee competition is conducted based on the Scripps National Spelling Bee format.

 

Q: How do I know more about School Spelling Bee?

Please visit during the orientation day to learn more about this competition that will be held in Clara Barton School Library by the PTSA.

 

Q: How do I make my child participate?

Please complete and submit the registration form that is found on the Clara Barton PTSA website before the mentioned deadline.

 

Q: Our family is out of town for the written round preliminary / final round for the school level spelling bee, Can we retake?

We cannot provide another date for any reason as it is a competition measured against other participants.

 

Q: How should my child prepare?

We will provide the word list and recommended books to read to prepare at home recommended by the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Please attend orientation for more details.

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Questions? Contact the PTSA Spelling Bee Chair at spellingbee@clarabartonptsa.org.