Spelling Bee
The North Jersey Spelling Bee
Academy of
the Most Blessed Sacrament Students Participate in 73rd Annual
Spelling
Bee
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On January
9, 2010 AMBS
Students in grades four thru eight participated in the 2010 North Jersey
National Spelling Bee school competition.
The North Jersey Spelling Bee is the only local program affiliated with
the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The
Record and Herald News, two daily
Newspapers published by the North Jersey Media Group, administer this event in
North Jersey for Bergen, Essex, Passaic, and Morris counties in partnership
with Bee sponsors Huntington Learning Centers, P.C. Richards, Fairleigh Dickinson University and LAN Associates. Over 200 schools in five (5) counties
participate in the bee. Now in its 73rd
year, the goal of the bee is to promote communication skills, an interest in
words, spelling and usage. The bee also
encourages excellence in students, fosters school spirit, individual
achievement and state pride. Not only is
the North Jersey Spelling Bee educational, it’s entertaining, appeals to the
entire community, and allows students to showcase their spelling talents in
their schools, in northern New Jersey, and nationally.
The Bee provides guidance and underwrites most program costs, including
all expenses for the week-long trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. for the champion and an adult chaperone
The first
spelling bee in the United States was held in 1925. Over the years, the competition expanded and
in 1941, Scripps Howard undertook sponsorship, partnering with local newspapers
across the United States.
The first North Jersey Spelling Bee was held in 1935. Margaret
Karle, an eighth grade student from St. Mary’s School in Rutherford, was the first winner. Seventy-two students spelled for over three
hours in front of a standing room only audience at Passaic High School.
As midnight neared, Margaret emerged as the winner. The very next day she was
on her way to Washington. D.C. to compete in
the National Spelling Bee, representing the state of New
Jersey.
Twenty spellers from across the nation competed in the finals and,
although Margaret did not win, she came in 13th. A devoted Catholic, Margaret Karle Schak
would later go on to become the Mayor of Rutherford and raise five children. Margaret is also the
grandmother of our eighth grade student, Daniel
L.!
The Academy
of the Most Blessed Sacrament is proud of our school 2010 champion and our
second and third place finishers, as well as the students who qualified in
classroom competitions to compete in the school wide bee.
We will pray for Charles S. and wish his
continued success as he prepares to compete at the county level.
Winner – Charles S. (5th Grade)
Second Place – Analynn R. (4th Grade)
Third Place
– Julie S. (8th Grade)
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