SPELLING BEE

What is Spelling Bee?
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. KG Students can register to only receive the materials if the student likes to review the wordlist.

What to expect?
Student / Parent orientation will be held to provide the community with an overview about the program. Word lists will be provided for the students to prepare on their own. A preliminary written round will be held, and a final oral round will follow that. A 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 at the regional 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 dates – Registration for 2025-26 is open September 3rd - October 31st, 2025. Spelling Bee is free to enroll with PTSA, but donations are greatly appreciated to help support the program.

Registrations are now closed for this academic year.

DONATE HERE

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.

What to expect after registering?
Spelling Bee Materials will be emailed to you when you finish your registration along with the registration confirmation. Once registered, please plan to join the Spelling Bee Orientation meeting to know more about what to expect next. 

Spelling Bee Written Round will take place in-person this year - there will be no online round.

Check your registration confirmation email from MembershipToolkit and scroll to the bottom of the email to find the study materials.

SPELLING BEE PARENT ORIENTATION

Friday, 11/7/25, 6-7pm.

Join the Teams Meeting

VOLUNTEER SIGNUP

To ensure the success of this program, we need volunteer support. Without sufficient volunteers, we will not be able to conduct the Preliminary Written Round. All volunteers will receive orientation prior to the event. 

If you're interested in volunteering for this program, please email your name and availability to: SpellingBee@rosaparksptsa.org

Important Dates:

• Registration Deadline: 10/31/25 11:59 PM
• Parent Orientation Date: 11/7/25, 6 PM to 7 PM (online)
• Written Round: 12/4/25, 6 PM to 7 PM (In-person) at Rosa Parks Commons
• Oral Round: 01/23/25, Time TBD (in-person)
• Local Spelling Bee – Not Conducted by Rosa Parks PTSA. Regional Spelling Bee of King and Snohomish County. TBD
• Nationals – Not Conducted by Rosa Parks PTSA.  For State Representing Spellers. TBD.

FAQs

1. How do I learn more about School Spelling Bee?
Please visit during orientation day to learn more about this program.

2. How do I make my child participate?

Please complete and submit the registration form that is found on the Rosa Parks PTSA website before the mentioned deadline.

3. Our family is out of town for the written round preliminary/final round for the school-level spelling bee, can we retake it.

We cannot provide another date for any reason as it is measured against other participants. Try again next year.

4. How does my child prepare?

We will provide the word list and recommended books to self-study (supplied 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 students to participate in this event.

Special Note

For

• Students who are Homeschooled but zoned to Rosa Parks,
• Students zoned to Rosa Parks but visiting another school for Quest Program,
• Students visiting Rosa Parks for Pull Out Quest,

the Rosa Parks enrichment programs such as Math Challenge, Passport Club, Spelling Bee are open to enroll.

Please have an account created on our website www.rosaparksptsa.org and register to the program before deadline choosing the appropriate teacher assignment that suits your situation. 

For Teacher assignment Please choose one of the two while enrolling:

• Zoned to Rosa Parks (Home Schooled / Quest)
• Visiting Rosa Parks (Pull out Quest)

Please note such students will not be included for any awards or recognition at this point by the program chairs of any of these enrichment programs.

Please note for Spelling Bee, such students (Grade 1 to Grade 5) can register and get the materials for your self-study and are also allowed to participate in the written round online but will not be graded to move to the next round.

Who do I contact with questions and feedback?

Please write to Pooja Singh at SpellingBee@rosaparksptsa.org 

SPELLING BEE 2025 RESULTS 

Grade	Place	Name
Grade 1	Winner	Nimalan A
	Runner-Up	Krishna A
Grade 2	Winner	Vihaan U
	Runner-Up	Bhavana K
Grade 3	Winner	Sourish A
	Runner-Up	Ancy G
Grade 4	Winner	Arsyla M
	Runner-Up	Silas M
	Runner-Up	Aadya D
Grade 5	Winner	Aarna K
	Runner-Up	Alvin L
School Champion		Aarna K
School Runner-Up		Vihaan U