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South WindsorSpelling Bee
Let’s Ready
Time to Create a Buzz
The Goals of the South Windsor 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 2011 at Nomads
Winner goes toNational Spelling Bee
Washington DC
OrchardHill
EliTerry
PleasantValley Wapping
P.R.Smith
TimothyEdwards
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners in each grade 3-5 in each
Elementary School Playoff to choose 3 school winners in each Elementary School (15 Finalists)
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place From Each TE Grade
(9 finalists)
National Spelling BeeMay/June 2011
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 will hopefully have 10-25 children per grade
• Assume 15%-30% participation in each class
Expected Enrollment 2010-2011
What Does it Cost?•FREE for Students to Enter• $99 /school • $1,000 for South Windsor to Participate • $3,000 (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 Grade in Each School• Savings Bonds for School Winners• Plaques for 3 Finalists• An All Expense Paid Trip to the National Spelling Bee in June 2011 in Washington DC for the winner and one parent/guardian
Fun-Raising Ideas• $15 Official Spelling Bee T-Shirt
• $10 Official Plush Spelling Bee
• $20 Dictionary $10 Custom
Dust Jacket
• $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.
How Competitors Can Fun-Raise
• Great American Spell Check• Competitors Can Download a
Packet with Sample Words andConduct their own Spelling Bee at home. They Solicit Pledges from Friends and Family for each Word they get Correct.
• Incentive Prizes for Various Donation Levels• Money Collected Goes to the Community
Foundation
COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY!
Important Dates
• May 2010 – Planned Press Releases– Meeting with Schools and PTO’s– Soliciting Corporate Sponsors
• June 2010 – August 2010 – Attend Summer Events with Booth for Publicity
• September 2010 – Publicity and Registration• October 2010 Dinner and a Movie with a Practice Bee
• October - November 2010 School Competitions• November 2010 Collect Fun-Raising Money• February 2011 – Finals• May-June 2011 – National Spelling Bee
How Do Competitors Register?
• www.swspellingbee.org• Register On-Line
– Register– Purchase T-Shirt, Dictionaries, Family Sponsored Words– Download Samples Word List– Download Great American Spell Check
• 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 Movie with 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 [email protected] Jan Snyder (860) 916-6845 [email protected]
• South Windsor Public Education Fund Liza Love (860) 289-8502 [email protected]
