Regional Spelling Bee

Past Regional Spelling Bees

The 2017 Regional Spelling Bee

SPECIAL NOTE on MEDIA RELEASES

Each contestant must submit a signed media release form to the CVES Instructional Services Center by 2/28/17 at 3:30 p.m. for the contestant’s name to be included in the printed Regional Spelling Bee program.

Documents

Order of Events

Round One, Two & Three – Oral Bee
Round Four – Written Bee *students will work at a separate location
Alternate Recognition Ceremony
Intermission
Additional Oral Rounds as Need

In the event an entire grade level is eliminated in one round, there will be a spell-off for that grade level immediately following the round.

Participating Districts

AuSable Valley Central School
Beekmantown Central School
Chazy Central Rural School
Moriah Central School
Northeastern Clinton Central School
Northern Adirondack Central School
Peru Central School
Plattsburgh City Schools
Saranac Central School
Ticonderoga Central School
Willsboro Central School
Westport Central School

Grade Level Colors

4th Grade – Blue
5th Grade – Red
6th Grade – Green
7th Grade – Orange
8th Grade – Yellow

Special Thanks
Dan Mannix – Superintendent of Schools, Beekmantown CSD

Amy Campbell – Principal, Beekmantown Middle School

Marissa Dandrow – English Teacher, Beekmantown Middle School

Charlie Stone and the Beekmantown CSD Custodial Staff

Barb Jennette – Beekmantown Middle School Typist

Roxann Barnes – Beekmantown Central School Cafeteria Manager

June VanAlphen, Danielle Darrah, Ricki Marin, Sarah Brown, Jennifer Garrant, Robin Dragoon, Stacy Bobbie & Kerie Wood – Beekmantown Middle School PTO

Beekmantown CSD Faculty & Staff

Teachers/Administrators in participating schools who supported this event

Press-Republican

Matthew Smith & Megan Manson – Video/Photos/Social Media/Audio Technicians
Sponsors

Regional Bee – Cumberland Head PTO

National Bee Scholarship – Coming Soon

Sponsors of the Regional Spelling Bee Committee would also like to thank the following organizations for providing the following for the spelling bee participants:

One Samuel Louis Sugarman Award Certificate donated by Mr. Jay Sugarman to the Grand Champion of the Regional Spelling Bee for a 2017 United States Mint Proof Set.

One one-year membership to Encyclopedia Britannica Online donated by Encyclopedia Britannica to the Grand Champion of the Regional Spelling Bee.

One Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (12th Edition) donated by Merriam-Webster, awarded to the 1st runner up.

One Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, donated by Merriam-Webster, awarded to the Grand Champion.

Directions to Beekmantown High School

Take I87 North or South, depending where you are coming from, and get off at Exit 40 (Beekmantown, Pt. au Roche).

Take a left onto Spellman Road, if you are coming from the South, take a right on Spellman Road, if you are coming from the North.

Follow Spellman Road all the way to the Beekmantown Central School driveway (37 Eagle Way), which is the last left before the stop sign on Spellman Road.

The Regional Spelling Bee will be held at the main campus. Please park and enter through the High School main entrance.

NOTE: If you are entering the address in your GPS, the correct address is:
Beekmantown Central School
37 Eagle Way
West Chazy, NY 12992