This year’s Bee boasts student representatives from school districts in the following counties: Allegany, Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins, Bradford, PA, and Tioga, PA. School districts and homeschool organizations in these counties conducted spelling bees for students in grades one through eight to identify one winner and one runner-up from each participating school. The champion of the Regional Spelling Bee will represent our region in the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee in the Washington D.C. area in May, 2018.
In addition to the Corning Rotary Club, Bath Rotary Club, Corning Credit Union, Corning Incorporated, First Heritage Credit Union, Nesbitt Financial Services, ServU Credit Union, the Tripp Foundation, and Upstate Farms are all sponsors of the Regional Spelling Bee. Sponsors help to provide an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. for the Regional Spelling Bee winner, as well as T-shirts, trophies, and other prizes for each school’s champions. Wegmans, Atlas Brick Oven Pizzeria, and Bob Evans will provide refreshments for the Regional Bee.
For additional information about enrollment in the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee, please contact Dr. Geraldine Wolfe at (607) 857-7780 or using drgeraldinewolfe@gmail.com.
