HAYWARD, March 11, 2010 – The Alameda County Office of Education is hosting c-o-n-s-e-c-u-t-i-v-e Spelling Bee Championships on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Elementary school students will compete at 9 a.m. and Jr. High students at 12:30 p.m. The top four finishers in each group will receive trophies. The first and second-place finishers will represent Alameda County at the California Spelling Championships in May.

 

What:   Alameda County Spelling Bee Championships
Where: Canyon Middle School, Room D-11
            19600 Cull Canyon Road, Castro Valley
When:  Saturday, March 27, 2010

 

Elementary students (4th-6th grade)
9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
41 students from the following Alameda County districts will participate: Castro Valley, Dublin, Emery, Fremont, Livermore, New Haven, Oakland, and San Lorenzo.

 

Nathalie Longree-Guevara, ACOE’s Reading/Language Arts Coordinator, will provide opening remarks.

 

The state championships for elementary school students will be Saturday, May 15 at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park.

 

Jr. High students (7th-9th grade)
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
13 students from the following Alameda County school districts will participate: Castro Valley, Dublin, Livermore, and Oakland

 

Nathalie Longree-Guevara, ACOE’s Reading/Language Arts Coordinator, will provide opening remarks.

 

The state championships for 7th-9th graders will be Saturday, May 8 at Miller Creek School, 2255 Las Gallinas Ave. in San Rafael.