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OfficialCityPrep's
2010 Michigan Spelling Bee
!
Download
NEW
2010 Bee Press Release!
(updated: 12/17/09)
Click here for Spelling Bee Homepage
Registration
and spelling bee workshops are now available for OfficialCityPrep’s
(OCP) 2010 Michigan Spelling Bee which will be held
at
Wayne State University's Community Arts Auditorium, 450 Reuther Mall,
Detroit, MI 48202. Directions can be found on the Spelling Bee Homepage.
 Elimination
Round: Friday, May 21, 4-7pm
Spell Down:
Saturday, May 22, 12-4pm
The OCP Bee, which was founded by Garen S. Wolff, is open to
students in grades first through eighth.
Using the National Bee, which was started in
1925, as a model OCP designed a contest which is truly unique. It has 3
classes of competition for students in grades 1-8. Class I permits 1st-3rd
graders to compete in
teams of 3, while Classes II and III are individual competitions for
grades 4-5 and 6-8 respectively. We also provide monthly WordUp!
Workshops where students have an opportunity to learn spelling
strategies, etymology, and word construction, while gaining confidence
in their spelling abilities through mock bees.
Garen sees the OCP Michigan Spelling Bee as a
stepping stone to success in the national contest, "I want to prepare
the next generation of National Spelling Bee champions. The 2nd place
winner in our 2007 contest was one of three students who represented
Michigan in the National Spelling Bee this spring in Washington. We know
that our Bee and workshops can be extremely helpful for future
competitors".
The next WordUp! Spelling Bee Workshops will be held
(updated: 04/15/10):
 
 
Applications can be downloaded
from OCP’s website. The registration fee is $10 and includes a spelling
guide, and bi monthly workshops.
Detroit has a rich spelling bee heritage. In
1922, The Detroit News held its first spelling bee, also referred to as
"Spelldown", at the Majestic Theatre on Woodward Avenue. The first
champion, Justine Pearsall, gained this title when she spelled Hawaii
correctly after her opponent, George Nurse, an African-American and
sixth-grade champ, failed to capitalize it.
Miss Wolff received a B.A. in Neuroscience from
Wellesley College, and also holds a Masters Degree from Wayne State’s
School of Medicine. Currently she is a research award fellow at the
National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
OfficialCityPrep has been recognized for its commitment to the community
by the Hitachi Foundation and Ebony Magazine.
The bee and accompanying workshops are
sponsored by, OfficialCityPrep, Inc. and the Midtown Detroit Kumon Math
and Reading Center. Kumon is the world’s largest math and reading
program with more than four million students enrolled in 45 countries.
Visit us online at www.CityPrepOnline.com, or call (313) 874-5827 for
more information.
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