For many Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students, the path to a spelling bee stage often begins quietly, with memorizing word lists, studying language patterns, and testing one’s recall. As the competition gets closer, the work requires more than that. Successful competitors build vocabulary, strengthen reading comprehension, and sharpen concentration as they learn the rules, origins, […]
APS will host a districtwide spelling bee at 5 p.m., Feb. 2 at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School. The APS Spelling Bee helps students enhance their spelling, increase their vocabulary, and develop correct English usage, thus equipping them to be literate members of society. The system level competition is open to qualifying students in grades 4-8. […]
Atlanta Public Schools partnered with the Scripps National Spelling Bee that is under the direction of the Georgia Association of Educators and conducted by the Atlanta Association of Educators. The spelling bee was held at F. L. Stanton Elementary School with twenty-two APS schools that participated. The purpose of the spelling bee is to promote […]
On February 7th, the Atlanta Public Schools District Spelling Bee was hosted at Gideons Elementary School. The APS Spelling Bee is sponsored annually by the Atlanta Association of Educators (AAE), with Ramon Reeves as President and Martha Henderson as the Spelling Bee Coordinator. Congratulations to the winners of the APS Spelling Bee who will advance […]
Sydney Ragland, a fifth-grader from West Manor Elementary, fulfilled her goal by being one of the first to win both her school and district spelling bee. Ragland has participated in spelling bees since she was in the third grade, yet wasn’t able to pull out a victory — until now. (Check out the AJC article here.) All […]