The bee will be limited to about 200 spellers - a 64% reduction from the 2019 event, which had 562 participants, and about half the number that had been planned for 2020. Scripps surveyed spellers and their families about what they’d like to see in the 2021 bee, and the overwhelming majority said they just wanted assurances that the competition would be held in some form, said Corrie Loeffler, the bee’s editorial director. NYC kid can’t be in national bee, so he’s spelling at home “I have tried to keep my pace of work and study as consistent as I can keep it throughout these uncertain times.” “I have never really stopped or slowed down,” Harini said of her bee preparation. Several online bees were held last summer by other organizations to give opportunities to those eighth-graders, but none of those events held the prestige of the ESPN-televised Scripps competition, with its $50,000 top prize, national media exposure and nearly 100 years of history. “A lot of spellers, including me, were really heartbroken when we couldn’t get the chance to actually go to Scripps and experience that entire week, that amazing experience again,” said Harini Logan, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from San Antonio who hopes to contend this year. Spellers are no longer eligible after they reach high school. Top spellers routinely study obscure words, roots and language patterns for hours a day, sacrificing other activities and social life for a chance to become the national champion. The cancellation of last year’s bee was a particularly cruel blow to eighth-graders who missed out on their final chance to compete after years of preparation. National Spelling Bee canceled for first time since 1945 “We came up with what I think is a pretty exciting and creative way of structuring the competition across several weeks that will be fun for the kids, build excitement, and I think it’s a great way to cope with a difficult situation,” she added. “We gave up on the idea of Bee Week early on because we knew we couldn’t bring hundreds of people to one location safely,” Carolyn Micheli, the bee’s interim executive director, told The Associated Press ahead of the announcement. The preliminary rounds will be held in mid-June, the semifinals on June 27 and the ESPN-televised finals on July 8. Instead of compressing the entire competition into a week - spellers routinely refer to Bee Week as a highlight of their young lives - the bee will be stretched over several weeks. Organizers said they did not believe a large gathering at the bee’s longtime venue - a convention center outside Washington - would be possible this year for the competition’s usual date around Memorial Day. Last year’s bee was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II it had been called off. The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the in-person competition limited to a dozen finalists who will gather on an ESPN campus at Walt Disney World in Florida, Scripps announced Monday. Texas teen Harini Logan wins Scripps National Spelling Bee National Spelling Bee secrets revealed: Picking words to trip up kids The Mad Potter: George E.NJ student made it to the National Spelling Bee semifinalsįlorida teen crowned National Spelling Bee champion - with this winning word.Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin.Popper’s Penguin’s by Richard Atwaterįourth Grade Source Books (the last 50 words may be found in these books): Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst.The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary.The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.
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