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Local Spelling Bees scheduled, winners go to
Regionals |
January 7, 2016 |
School districts throughout North Idaho will
hold spelling bees in January that qualify
students for the North Idaho Spelling Bee
scheduled for March 19 at North Idaho College.
The winner of the regional Bee will receive an
all-expense paid trip to the Scripps National
Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in June,
courtesy of Bee sponsor Hagadone Newspapers.
A total of 47 schools in 10 districts (including
public, private and home school students across
the five northern counties of Idaho) are
involved in this year’s Spelling Bee, according
to North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee Coordinator
Mindy Patterson of North Idaho College.
District spelling bees will wrap up in January
in preparation for the North Idaho Regional
Spelling Bee at NIC in March.
Spelling Bees for Boundary County area students
are scheduled as follows:
Boundary County Public Schools
Grades 4 - 5:
9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 23 at Free Methodist
Church in Bonners Ferry
Grades 6 - 8:
11:45 a.m. Wednesday, January 13 at Boundary
County Middle School
Home School District (North
Idaho Home Educators Association and Inland
Northwest Christian Homeschoolers)
10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 23
at Grace Bible Church, 152 W. Prairie Ave, Coeur
d’Alene
Private School Districts
9:30 a.m. Thursday, January 21
at North Idaho Christian School
For further information: (208) 769-3316. |
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