***PLEASE SEE REGIONAL SPELLING BEE POSTPONEMENT INFORMATION BELOW***

Sheboygan County (Out-of-City) ONLY

CESA 7 Regional Spelling Bees

Four regional spelling bees are facilitated by CESA 7, in conjunction with the Wisconsin State Journal. Regional winners advance to the Badger State Spelling Bee and the winner of that competition advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee held in Washington, D.C.

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Scripps Enrollment Information

(Schools: Enroll with Scripps by October 16, 2009)

IMPORTANT: Scripps will offer a late enrollment period from October 17, 2009 through December 18, 2009. However, all schools enrolling during the late enrollment period will be subject to a late enrollment fee of $75 per school!

Each public, private, parochial, home school, and home school association must enroll with and pay a fee to the Scripps organization in order to participate. The materials/enrollment fee is $99 (home school families who are not in an association pay $10). To contact Scripps, go to www.spellingbee.com

Bonus: From Encyclopaedia Britannica, a free one-year subscription to the Britannica Online Student Edition (a $69.95 value) for use as a prize in your spelling bee program.

Early Enrollment Bonus: Enroll by September 30, and Encyclopaedia Britannica will double your bonus. All schools enrolled by September 30, 2009, will receive TWO free one-year subscriptions to the Britannica Online Student edition.

CESA 7 is informed of the schools that enroll and pay their fee to Scripps and can only send out the necessary forms/information for participation in the regional spelling bee to those schools.

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CESA 7 Regional Spelling Bee Competitions

*Students from schools that have enrolled with Scripps, that are in Grades 5-8 are eligible to compete (one student per school).

Green Bay/Kewaunee

Location:  Washington Middle School Auditorium

Date:  Tuesday, February 9, 2010     

Time:  6:30 pm       

Host:  Mary Ellen Klosterman   

Sheboygan County (Out-of-City)

Location:  ACUITY Insurance

Date:  Tuesday, February 9, 2010 **DUE TO WEATHER---POSTPONED TO WED., FEB. 10, 2010**      

Time:  6:00 pm     

Host:  Kris Hancock    

Sheboygan - City

Location:  Urban Middle School Auditorium

Date:  Monday, January 25, 2010

Time:  3:30 pm   

Host:  Chris Garza

Manitowoc

Location:  Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School Auditorium

Date:  Thursday, February 4, 2010       

Time:  5:00 pm        

Host:  Gemma Mrozinsky       

*The winner from each CESA 7 Regional Spelling Bee competition held, advances to the Badger State Spelling Bee competition (see information below).

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Badger State Spelling Bee

Location:  Edgewood College (Anderson Auditorium) - Madison

Date:  March 20, 2010        

Time:  12:00 pm   

Scripps National Spelling Bee

Location:  Washington, D.C.

Date:  End of May 2010 or Beginning of June 2010 (exact dates will be posted)        

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For questions regarding the spelling bee, please contact:

Jackie Budz

CESA 7 Regional Spelling Bee Coordinator

jbudz@cesa7.k12.wi.us

920-617-5610 (phone)

920-492-5965 (fax)