South Windsor Community Foundation Spelling Bee 2012 Let’s Ready Time to Create a Buzz.

South WindsorCommunity Foundation

Spelling Bee 2012

Let’s Ready

Time to Create a Buzz

The Goals of the South Windsor

Community Foundation 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 South Windsor Public Education Fund

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

Finals are among the 15 Elementary and

9 Middle School Students in March 2012 District Finals

Winner goes toNational Spelling Bee

Washington DC

OrchardHill

EliTerry

PleasantValley Wapping

P.R.Smith

TimothyEdwards

2 Bees in Each Elementary SchoolsGrades 3 and 4 Combined Bee produces three winners. Second Bee includes 5th graders and 3 winners from the

Grade 3 and 4 Bee. This produces 3 school winners in each Elementary School (15 Finalists)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place From Each TE Grade

(9 finalists)

National Spelling BeeMay 2012

EachSchool

Oct –Nov2010

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!!

Grade OH ET PV Wap PRS TE

3 81 64 66 58 61 X

4 85 63 78 39 46 X

5 94 66 92 58 79 X

6 X X X X X 365

7 X X X X X 361

8 X X X X X 352

How Many Will Compete?

• Local school competitions in 2010-2011 had 10-30 children per grade

• Total of 300 children competed last year

Expected Enrollment 2011-2012

What Does it Cost?•FREE for Students to Enter.

• $109 /school • $1,000 for South Windsor to Participate • $2,500 (sponsored) to send the winner to

the the National Spelling Bee in Washington

DCMoney will be Raised Through Corporate and

Personal Donations and Some Fun-RaisingSignature Sponsor:

What are the Prizes• A Medal for Each Participant• A Bee-Yootiful Trophy for Winners

1st, 2nd, and 3rd in Each School

• Plaques for 3 Finalists• An All Expense Paid Trip to the National Spelling Bee in May 2012 in Washington DC for the winner and one parent/guardian

The Competitors Dinners

• Thursday Night – October 6th – 5:30pm• Held for Competitors and Families at TE • Great Affordable Dinner for Families

• Breadsticks, and Pasta from the Pulled Chicken and Pork from

• $10/adults $5 children 5-16 Free under 5

• Entertainment: A Spelling Bee Families Can Participate and Win $50

Fun-Raising Ideas• $10 Official Spelling Bee T-Shirt

• $5 Official Stress Bee

• Bee the Bee Headgear

• $2/ea $10/6-pack Spelling Bee B-u-z-z Soda

• $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.

Important Dates

• June 2011 – Planned Press Releases– Meeting with Schools and PTO’s– Soliciting Corporate Sponsors

• June 2011 – August 2011 – Attend Summer Events with Booth for Publicity

• September 2011 – Publicity and Registration• October 6, 2011 Dinner and a Family Feud Bee• October - November 2011 School

Competitions• March 2012 – Finals• May 2012 – National Spelling Bee

How Do Competitors Register?

• www.swspellingbee.org• Register On-Line

– Register– Purchase T-Shirt, Stress Bees, Spelling Bee B-u-z-z Soda, – Family Sponsored Words– Download Samples Word List

• 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 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]