South WindsorCommunity Foundation

Spelling Bee 2012

Let’s Ready

Time to Create a Buzz

The Goals of the South Windsor

Community Foundation Spelling Bee• Conduct a Fun Competitive Spelling Bee

• Involve Parents and Children Together• Send a Student and a Parent to

the Scripps National Spelling Bee• Raise Money for the South Windsor

Community Foundation and Public Education Funds

Why a Spelling Bee?

• Spelling Bees Have Been Around Since the 1800’s• Spelling Bees Have Been Popular

Recently– Several Movies– A Broadway Play– National Competition

How the Bee Works

Finals are among the 15 Elementary and

9 Middle School Students in February 2012 District Finals

Winner goes toNational Spelling Bee

Washington DC

OrchardHill

EliTerry

PleasantValley Wapping

P.R.Smith

TimothyEdwards

2 Bees in Each Elementary SchoolsGrades 3 and 4 Combined Bee produces three winners. Second Bee includes 5th graders and 3 winners from the

Grade 3 and 4 Bee. This produces 3 school winners in each Elementary School (15 Finalists)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place From Each TE Grade

(9 finalists)

National Spelling BeeMay/June 2012

EachSchool

Oct –Nov2010

Who is Eligible?• Any South Windsor Student in Grades 3-8• South Windsor Elementary Schools and Timothy Edwards Middle Schools• South Windsor Students in Grade 3-8 in Private,

Parochial, Magnet, or Charter Schools are Eligible

• Home Schooled Children are also Eligible • Age Restrictions to compete in National Bee

Students Must Compete in the

School they are Districted for

No Exceptions!!

Grade OH ET PV Wap PRS TE

3 81 64 72 60 67 X

4 90 63 78 42 45 X

5 97 62 93 63 79 X

6 X X X X X 337

7 X X X X X 339

8 X X X X X 373

How Many Will Compete?

• Local school competitions in 2010-2011 had 10-30 children per grade

• Total of 300 children competed last year

Expected Enrollment 2011-2012

What Does it Cost?•FREE for Students to Enter. Optional $10

Donation.

• $109 /school • $1,000 for South Windsor to Participate • $2,800 (sponsored) to send the winner to the the National Spelling Bee in Washington DCMoney will be Raised Through Corporate and

Personal Donations and Some Fun-Raising

What are the Prizes• A Bee-Yootiful Trophy for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Winners in Each School

• Plaques for 3 Finalists• An All Expense Paid Trip to the National Spelling Bee in June 2012 in Washington DC for the winner and one parent/guardian

Fun-Raising Ideas• $15 Official Spelling Bee T-Shirt

• $10 Official Plush Spelling Bee

• $2/ea $10/6-pack Spelling Bee B-u-z-z Soda

• $10 ea. 3/ $25 Family Sponsored Words Before a randomly chosen word is read, the judge will say: The next word is sponsored by the Jones Family.

Important Dates

• June 2011 – Planned Press Releases– Meeting with Schools and PTO’s– Soliciting Corporate Sponsors

• June 2011 – August 2011 – Attend Summer Events with Booth for Publicity

• September 2011 – Publicity and Registration• October 2011 Dinner and a Practice Bee• October - November 2011 School

Competitions• February or March 2012 – Finals• May-June 2012 – National Spelling Bee

How Do Competitors Register?

• www.swspellingbee.org• Register On-Line

– Register– Purchase T-Shirt, Spelling Bee B-u-z-z Soda, Family

Sponsored Words– Download Samples Word List

• Register through Brochure

How We Will Publicize the Bee

• Tents at Major South Windsor Events,

Concerts , Public Events, Sports• Signs, Banners, Posters, Sponsors• Schools - Backpack Express

Open House, Gatherings• E-mailings, Web Site, Facebook

How Can You Help ?

• We Need Volunteers / Teams for Each Competition– Registration, Line Control, Readers,

Judges

• Help with Planned Special Events– Dinner and a Practice Bee

• Publicity to Parents and Children• Collecting Fun-Raising Money and

Distributing Incentive Prizes

Contact Information

• www.swspellingbee.org On-line Information 24/7

• South Windsor Community Foundation www.swfoundation.org Cary Prague (860) 985-5180 caryprague@gmail.com Jan Snyder (860) 916-6845 janice.snyder@cox.net

• South Windsor Public Education Fund Liza Love (860) 289-8502 catemben@aol.com