WHAT IS A SPELLING BEE?
The Spelling Bee is a test of word spellings and their meanings. It is a great way for students to expand their vocabulary, expose themselves to new concepts and learn how to stand up in front of peers and compete in a friendly way.
The Bee is open to all students of Redmond Middle School. The registration fee is $10 which can be paid online at the time of enrollment. The fee covers enrollment, a participation certificate, and entry into the Final School Spelling Bee (provided that the student qualifies by first passing the Written Round Test).
After the enrollment the students will receive a word list for preparation provided by the organizers at Scripps. The list for the written test is 450 words, with the first 150 words being first and second grade words (and 300 words are elementary school words).
The school winner will represent RMS at the regional competition in Seattle, where participants from more than 90 schools will compete. The winner from the regionals gets an all-expenses paid entry into the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.
You can register for Redmond Middle’s Spelling Bee here!
The content on this page is also available on the PTSA website here.
IMPORTANT DATES
Nov 17th, 2022
Information night from 6.30 PM to 7.30 PM, online. You can join the meeting here or email [email protected] for details.
January 2023 (date TBD)
Written Round – Prelims, make-up dates available (based out of a 450-word list, please email [email protected] if you want to take a look at the list – more than half the words are elementary-grade words).
January 2023 (date TBD)
Mock Spelling Bee! (not necessary to attend, but we’ll go over rules and protocol here)
February 2023 (date TBD)
Final School Spelling Bee!
REGISTRATION
- You will be able to access the required study materials online, after you register. Please let us know at [email protected] if you are unable to download the lists and rules.
- We have scholarship options. If you need a registration fee waiver, please email us with your details at [email protected] and we will help you with the registration.
You can register here!
AFTER YOU REGISTER
- Please download the word and vocabulary list and start preparing. The school spelling bee relies primarily on the 450 word and vocabulary list provided by the Scripps Spelling Bee organizers.
- The preliminaries will be a written round and we expect the students to know the meaning of all the words. The test will not be just about spelling – the students will be tested on both vocabulary (meanings) and spellings.
- The written round pattern will also be emailed to your email used to register on this site (you can also download it).
- There is also a “Words of Champions 2023” word list that has 4000 words (organized into three difficulty levels). The final spelling bee will pull words from this 4000-word list if we exhaust the 450-word list.
- The “Words of Champions 2023” list will also be useful to the School winner, since the school winner will participate in the regional competition which will heavily rely on the 4000-word list.
- Please use http://www.merriam-webster.com/ to hear the pronunciation of each and every word. It also has details about the origin of the word, examples, alternate pronunciation and meaning. This website is recommend by Scripps for pronunciation. The pronouncers will use the Merriam-Webster dictionary as the standard reference for both final school spelling bee and the regionals.
QUESTIONS
Please email [email protected] with any questions!