a guide for

educators
and schools

Harini Logan,
the Bee's
first
Spell-off
Champion!
how the Bee shaped me
An interview with 2015 Champion
Vanya Shivashankar

“it takes a village to

raise a champion”
— Harini Logan, 2022 Champion

a-z to simplify your bee

Instructions for bringing the Bee
to life at your school
bo
sharenus
conteable
nt!
where is she now?
A look at 2021 Champion
Zaila Avant-garde's year
 journey
of the
millions of students

grades 1
through 8

diverse schools
and spellers of
all backgrounds in
classrooms
across
america
developing
resilience
and growth
mindset in our
future leaders

regional
Scripps National champions
Spelling Bee compete near
Finals live on broadcast TV Washington, D.C.

Are you ready?

Click here to enroll your school today at spellingbee.com!

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to participate with in-person, online and
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hybrid options.

School Bee Coordinators access study materials

and word lists through an online portal of resources
and distribute these materials to other educators
and students at their schools.

Throughout the fall, educators administer classroom

and school spelling bees using resources provided as
part of spelling bee enrollment. Schools celebrate
school champions who will head off to compete in the
next round of their area's spelling bee program.

School champions compete in regional qualifier and

regional spelling bees sponsored by regional partners
across the country.

Regional champions study for the national competition

and register for Bee Week, a week-long celebration
of academic achievement filled with events and special
programming.

Z. In May, spellers arrive in the Washington, D.C., area to

take part in the Bee Week experience, and a national
Champion is declared during a nationally televised
live broadcast.
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Celebrating the 2022 Scripps
National Spelling Bee Champion

“This is just such a dream”

Harini Logan
upon winning the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

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 thank you, April McAdams

Educators! South Bosque

Elementary School
Waco, Texas
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top tools for our The Scripps National Spelling Bee provides powerful tools
for educators and schools to execute a successful and
VIPs: our educators! memorable Bee.

The Bee supports my goal to inspire students’ love of reading. There

might be a child who doesn’t want to pick up a book, but they’ll dig into
a list of words and a dictionary to figure out what they really mean.
— Courtney Sutton,
3rd grade teacher

check out the rest of our educator resources!

classroom
and online
school testing
competition platform
lists

the official tools for running a reading list a tool for

book club classroom and for students, conducting a
of the Bee school broken up by spelling bee via the regional
spelling bees grade level an online test spelling bee study list

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 your STRENGTHEN
students LIFE SKILLS
the Bee will... INCLUDING
WORK ETHIC
inspires a POISE
PRACTICE
UNDER
DEVELOP
love of PRESSURE
VOCABULARY
learning AND LANGUAGE
in students BUILD
SKILLS
CONFIDENCE
AND HAVE
FUN!

how the Bee shaped me

An interview with Vanya Shivashankar,
2015 Champion

Q : How has the Bee impacted your life?

A : My 10-year spelling competition journey has made an
everlasting impact on my life and I’ve made so many amazing
friends and memories along the way. It's really shaped who I am
today, and where my interests lie. Competing in the Bee has
fostered my curiosity for the world, helped me discover a passion for
language and etymology and given me a platform to express myself.

Q : What if someone is hesitant to sign up?

A : I would say why not? It's a great way to make incredible memories,
lifelong friends, and develop crucial life skills. Success in the Bee is not when
you win, success is when you know you tried your best, had fun, and learned
something new. Have fun with every moment, every word, and every opportunity. It’s yours for the taking.

Q : What does your life look like post-Bee?

A : Currently, I’m a rising Senior at Yale University, studying cognitive science
and global health and on the track to medical studies. So I’ve been having a lot of fun with that.
My success in the Bee has very much paved the path for me to be able to put my all into where
I’m at now. I still love being involved with Scripps and the spelling bees.

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 where is
Zaila now?
The 2021 Champion
Received 5 full-ride scholarship offers from
Tulane University, University of Maryland,
Louisiana State University, Southern University
and Sewanee.

Tweeted by President Joe Biden, Vice

President Kamala Harris, NASA, Oprah
and more!

Honored as the 2021 SportsKid of the Year by

Sports Illustrated Kids.

Received the Stan Musial Award for Extraordinary

Character.

zaila holds
three guinness
world records Most bounce juggles
in one minute with
Most basketball
bounces in 30 seconds
Most basketball
dribbles at once
for basketball four basketballs with four basketballs (tied)

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 buzz
from the
1925
the bee that
started it all
Nine spellers competed in the first Bee, held in Washington, D.C.,
in 1925. Frank Neuhauser from Louisville, Kentucky, won by correctly
spelling the word gladiolus.

1926
did you know?
In the Bee's second year, we declared our
first female winner, Pauline Bell, who won
by correctly spelling the color cerise.
We've had 53 female champions
and 54 male champions in our history.

2017 the youngest

spellebrity
In 2017, at just six years old, Edith Fuller became the
youngest speller to secure a spot in the Scripps National
Spelling Bee. To qualify, she outspelled 52 other children
at the regional competition, spelling such challenging words
as... jnana, sarsaparilla and Baedeker.

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