Sign up students for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Dec 03, 2024
It's not too late to get students signed up for the Scripps National Spelling Bee!Educators and schools have until January 31, 2025, to get elementary and middle school students signed up for the 100th anniversary season of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.Below are the steps from enrollment to the day of the Bee:Step 1: Educators enroll elementary and middle schools by clicking here. Choose to participate with in-person, online and hybrid options. Enrollment is open from August 20, 2024, to January 31, 2025* and costs $199 per school.*Restrictions apply in some areasStep 2: School Bee Coordinators access study materials and word lists through an online portal of resources and distribute these materials to other educators and students at their schools.Step 3: Throughout the fall, educators administer classroom and school spelling bees using resources provided as part of a school's enrollment. Schools celebrate school champions who will head off to compete in the next round of their area's spelling bee program.Step 4: School champions compete in regional qualifier and regional spelling bees sponsored by regional partners across the country.Step 5: Regional champions study for the national competition and register for Bee Week, a week-long celebration of academic achievement filled with events and special programming.Step 6: In May, spellers arrive in the Washington, D.C., area to take part in the Bee Week experience, and a national Champion is declared during a nationally televised live broadcast.To sign up or learn more, click here._______Watch KOAA News5 on your time, anytime with our free streaming app available for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and Android TV. Just search KOAA News5, download and start watching.