Education Bulgaria Project #21627

Bulgarian National English Spelling Bee

by CORPluS Foundation

Project Report | Jul 10, 2023
2023 Spelling Bee school, regional and national rounds completed

By Dimitar Tsekov | Executive director

The active Spelling Bee season started with the school round. The school competitions took place in the last week of February. Each school had the opportunity to choose the day and time for the school competition within that week. In emotional „spelling battles“ the schools managed to select their champions and runners-up who qualify for the regional round.

The regional qualifiers received lists with additional words – 250 words for the Spelling Bee participants and 100 words for the juniors.

The regional competitions (10 for Spelling Bee and 8 for Spelling Bee Junior) were held on March 25th and 26th and 30 Spelling Bee national finalists and 24 Spelling Bee JUNIOR finalists were selected.

The national finals happened on April 22^nd for Spelling Bee and on April 23^rd for Spelling Bee JUNIOR at the big hall of the American college of Sofia.

30 national finalists competed at the Spelling Bee final and demonstrated impressive knowledge of English language. They went through 12 rounds of words from the study list and the best of them had to show their expanded knowledge while spelling unstudied words. After a long (almost 3 hours) competition from Math & Science High Scholl in Kyustendil won the title National Spelling Bee Champion. All participants received certificates for participation, trophies and other gifts. But the most anticipated award for all the finalists is the summer Spelling Bee camp which will be organized in the first week of July.

The JUNIOR competition on April 23^rd was even more intense and Boris and Denis (both from Sofia) were announced co-champions. The junior finalists also received certificates for participation, trophies and many other gifts. They will have the chance to participate in an on-line summer camp during the last week of June.

Together with the preparation for the competition, all the participating schools were offered the opportunity to take part in the BEE active campaign which was announced in November. Its goal is to encourage the students to be physically active and to take part in various activities offered by the organizers. Every week a challenge was sent to all registered schools and they could choose in which to participate. Famous athletes, physically active professionals, teachers and students presented different sports and activities and challenged the students to take part in long walks, hikes, biking, dancing, sport games, etc. The schools prepared videos about the activities they organized and Geo Milev Secondary School from Belozem won the 1^st place and 81 Secondary school “Victor Hugo” from Sofia won the 2^nd place. The winners will receive certificates and awards.

The Spelling Bee summer camp for the national Spelling Bee champions and their teachers will be organized in July.

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Mar 20, 2023
The Spelling Bee school round is completed

By Dimitar Tsekov | Executive Director

School competition at Chelopech village

The next stage of the competition is related to the preparation of the registered students for the school round and organizing the school competitions.

The participants had 3 months to study the words (500 for Spelling Bee and 250 for Spelling Bee Junior) for the school round. The organizers provided variety of on-line resources to facilitate the learning process and make it more interesting. Flashcards, Spelling city and Quizlet are among the resources the students used most during their preparation period.

The school competitions were scheduled for the last week of February. Each school had the opportunity to choose the day and time for the school cmpetition within that week. 267 school for the students from 5th to 7 th grade and 189 schools for Spelling Bee Junior (2^nd – 4^th grades) organized their school competitions and after serious and emotional „spelling battles“ managed to select their champions and runners-up. They will advance to the regional round which will be held on March 25th and 26th in different towns around the country.

The regional qualifiers received lists with additional words for the regional round – 250 words for the students from 5th till 7th grade and 100 words for the juniours. They will have around a month to prepare for the rgional competitions and compete with the best spellers in this country.

A photo contest for pictures expressing the emotions of the schools competitions was announced and many schools sent already their entries. A jury will review all the submissions and will choose the winners.

Together with the preparation for the competition, all the participating schools were given the opportunity to take part in the „Be active“ campaign which was announced in November. Itsgoal is to encourage the students to be physycally active and take part in various activities offered by the organizers. Everey week video challenges were sent to all registered schools and they were able to choose in which to participate. Famous athletes, physically active proffesionals, teachers and students presented activities they were involved in and challenged te students to take part in long walks, hikes, biking, dancing, sport games, etc. The schools are expected to prepare videos about the activities they organized and the most active of them will receive special awards.

In the meantime the preparations for the regional round are underway and 18 competitions will happen on March 25th and 26th.

Happy spellers after the end of the school round

School competition in Lukovit

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Nov 21, 2022
The 13th Spelling Bee competition is underway

By Dimitar Tsekov | Executive Director

The promotional campaign for the 13^th Bulgarian National English Spelling Bee started at the beginning of the school year in mid-September. After 3 challenging years, this school year started with normal conditions and all students present at school.

The registration for Spelling Bee and Spelling Bee Junior was open from October 15^th till November 10^th. 272 schools registered for Spelling Bee and 190 for Spelling Bee Junior. There is a serious increase in the number of the registered schools for both competition and this is a sign that things are getting back to normal after the COVID challenges. Some of the schools which didn’t participate during the COVID period return to the competition and a lot of new schools joined the Spelling Bee family. The registration for individual participants from schools which were not registered for the competition was open on November 15^th and it will be open by the end of the month.

After the completion of the registration process, a pre-test was sent to the teacher-coordinators for the Spelling Bee competition in order to check the entry level of knowledge of the participants before they start studying the words from the competition list. A post-test will be given to all the participants after the end of the school round to measure the progress of the participants and their knowledge after 3 months of preparation.

The word lists were distributed after the completion of the pre-test and the preparation period started. CORPLUS developed a lot of materials to assist the teachers and to provide the participants with additional resources. Quizlet and Spelling city are the educational apps used during the preparation. Flash cards with all the words from the list were also prepared and are in use.

The students will have 3 months to prepare for the school round which will be organized at the last week of February.

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