SPELLING BEE 2022-2023

Registration is open until October 14th, 11.59 pm 

Go to "My Account" - "My forms/Paperwork" and scroll down to find the registration form for your student. Once you fill and submit, you should receive an email of confirmation and a hyperlink in the same email to "Download the materials"

What is Spelling Bee?
Rosa Parks PTSA presents its Spelling Bee enrichment program this year 2022-2023. Rosa Parks has enrolled in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is one of the nation’s oldest popular competitions with the purpose to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabulary, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.

Who can participate?
Registration is open to all students from Grade 1 through Grade 5 of elementary school.

What to expect?
Student / Parent orientation will be held to provide the community with an overview about the program. Word lists will be provided to the students to prepare on their own. A preliminary written round in November and a final oral round in January both will be held online. School Champion, a Runner Up, and Grade Level Champions will be selected after the final round. All participants will receive a participation certificate. The school Champion will represent Rosa Parks to go to the regionals level.
Like any other enrichment program, we will need volunteers to run this program smoothly. Sign-up links will be available online for parents when you register your student.

How to Register?
Registration closes by Friday, October 14th, 2022

To register - Login in to your PTSA account. You will find under My Account -> Spelling Bee Registration for <Student Name> to register your child to participate in the school-level spelling bee competition before the deadline. Or visit this link and scroll down.

Note: This registration is to let the Spelling Bee coordinator of Rosa Parks PTSA know that your student will participate, however, there is another registration needed to the online spelling bee platform to take the Spelling test online. Please participate in the orientation to know more about it.

What to expect after registering?
Spelling Bee Materials will be available when you register. Once registered, please join the Spelling Bee Orientation meeting to know more about what to expect next. If you have registered after the Spelling Bee Orientation meeting, please email SpellingBee@rosaparksptsa.org to receive information about the orientation.

Important Dates:

• Registration Opens: Now only for Rosa Parks Students Grade 1 to 5
• Registration Deadline: Friday, October 14th, 2022, 11:59 pm
• Orientation Date: Friday, October 21st, 2022, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Online, for Rosa Parks Parents/Students. An email will be sent for the meeting only for registered parents.
• Written Round: Friday, November 18th, 2022, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Online, for Rosa Parks Students only
• Oral Round: Jan 27th 2023, Friday 4:30 PM to 7:30 pm. In person, Rosa Parks Elementary 
• Local Spelling Bee - Regional Spelling Bee of King and Snohomish County. TBD, for Elementary, Middle school champions of King and Snohomish County
• Nationals - May 2023 (TBD by Scripps National Spelling Bee), in Maryland, for State Representing Spellers

FAQs

Q. How do I learn more about School Spelling Bee?
A. Please visit during the orientation day to learn more about this event that will be held online this year by Rosa Parks PTSA.

Q. How do I make my child participate?
A. Please complete and submit the registration form that is found on the Rosa Parks 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 it?
A. We cannot provide another date for any reason as it is measured against other participants. Try again next year.

Q. How does my child prepare?
A. We will provide the word list and recommended books to read to improve vocabulary from the Scripps National Spelling Bee recommendation. Parents can point their students to Merriam-Webster dictionary and online tools to learn spelling and pronunciation and/or help them prepare. Parents can form their own spelling group and take turns to help your group of students learn new words. The Spelling Bee Chair or the Rosa parks PTSA won’t be preparing the student to participate in this event.

Who do I contact with questions and feedback?

Please write to Pooja Singh and/or Lakshmi Venkatachalam at SpellingBee@rosaparksptsa.org

SPELLING BEE 2021-2022 

not pictured: Zoya M. - 5th Grade Winner

Pradhyum B. - 5th Grade Runner Up

Prisha P. - School Winner                                                                Aarna K. - School Runner Up

Prisha P. - 4th Grade Winner                                                                Arian H. - School Runner Up

Lakshana A. - 3rd Grade Winner                                                     Ishita J. - 3rd Grade Runner Up

Aarna K. - 2nd Grade Winner                                                          Aarya B. - 2nd Grade Runner Up

Agastya A. - 1st Grade Winner                                                          Melinda K. - 1st Grade Runner Up