Transcript South Windsor Spelling Bee

South Windsor
Spelling 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
Each
School
Oct –Nov
2010
Orchard
Hill
Eli
Terry
Pleasant
Valley
Wapping
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)
Finals are among the
15 Elementary and
9 Middle School Students in
February 2011 at Nomads
P.R.
Smith
Timothy
Edwards
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place
From Each TE Grade
(9 finalists)
Winner goes to
National Spelling Bee
Washington DC
National Spelling Bee
May/June 2011
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!!
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
Grade
OH
ET
PV
Wap
PRS
TE
3
81
64
72
60
67
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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
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 DC
Money 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
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$10 Official Plush Spelling Bee
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$20 Dictionary
$10 Custom
Dust Jacket
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$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 and
Conduct 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
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– 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
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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]