Thank you for your child's participation in the Written Spelling Bee. We had a total of 129 students participate! It was an amazing turnout. Congratulations to all of our Written Spelling Bee winners. The winners (primary and upper) will be awarded at the end of the Oral Spelling Bee on January 21st. The Oral Spelling Bee starts at 6pm for our 24 Upper Grade Finalists. The finalists have received their permission slips today. Please return the form as soon as possible.

If you would like to see your child's spelling test, please drop by the office anytime this week.

Best of luck to all of our students who are participating in the Oral Spelling Bee on January 21st.

Primary Grade Written Spelling Bee (71 Participants)	Student First Name	Teacher	Room	Grade	Words Correct (Out of 30)
1st Place	Ishaan	Bierman	11	3rd	29
2nd Place	Aidan	Byrum	22	3rd	28
3rd Place	Riyansh	Bierman	11	3rd	27
3rd Place	Atharva	Bierman	11	2nd	27
Upper Grade Written Spelling Bee (58 Participants)	Student First Name	Teacher	Room	Grade	Words Correct (Out of 30)
1st Place	Zinnia	Shore	27	5th	30
1st Place	Saanvi	Ellis	26	5th	30
1st Place	Adityavardhan	Shirley	29	6th	30
Finalists (24 Participants for Oral Spelling Bee on 1/21/20)	Student First Name	Teacher	Room	Grade
	Ranvir	Medal	17	4th
	Nikhil	Medal	17	4th
	Advay	Rallapalli	15	4th
	Amaani	Santos	16	4th
	Suhrit	Santos	16	4th
	Saanvi	Ellis	26	5th
	Hemanjani	Ellis	26	5th
	Dhruva	Ellis	26	5th
	Ashley	Shore	27	5th
	Zinnia	Shore	27	5th
	Gautam	Tran	28	5th
	Navyaa	Tran	28	5th
	Anirudh	Tran	28	5th
	Sri Skanda Sourish	Compton	30	6th
	Sreekar	Law	32	6th
	Aimee	Law	32	6th
	Suditi	Law	32	6th
	Aayush	Law	32	6th
	Priyasha	Law	32	6th
	Adityavardhan	Shirley	29	6th
	Samhita	Shirley	29	6th
	Saanika	Shirley	29	6th
	Diya	Vlahos	31	6th
	Tanishka	Vlahos	31	6th

Matsumoto's Spelling Bee

2019-2020

The Matsumoto's Spelling Bee, sponsored by PTA, is here! It is open to all students in Grades 1-6. Primary students in Grades 1-3 will have the opportunity to participate in the Written Spelling Bee only. Upper Grade students in Grades 4-6 will have the opportunity to participate in the Written Spelling Bee and advance to the Oral Spelling Bee. All participating students will take the Written Spelling Bee during the school day on Thursday, December 12th.

Top finalists from the Written Spelling Bee will advance to the Oral Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 21st at 6pm. Permission slips will be sent home with qualifying students.

The winner of our school's spelling bee will take a BAY AREA ONLINE TEST between January 23^rd and February 7th at school. Based on the results, the top finishers will advance to the 2020 Bay Area Regional Spelling Bee (February 29, 2020 at Amador Theater in Pleasanton). The champion of the 2020 Bay Area Regional Spelling Bee will represent the area at the 2020 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. (date and location TBA).

Important Dates

• 1) Written Spelling Bee for Primary and Upper Grades: Thursday, December 12, 2019 (During the School Day)

• 2) Oral Spelling Bee for Grades 4-6 Finalists: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 @ 6pm (Forum) - DATE CHANGE

Study Tips

You may want to consider getting organized for your study of spelling. Start to compile a spelling notebook. Different sections can feature troublesome word endings, homonyms, troublesome double letter spellings, or specialized terms.

You will want to visit the Scripps National Spelling Bee website for tips and information about the Spelling Bee at http://www.spellingbee.com. Click on "Students and Parents" and then "Study Tips." There are a number of options for practice. Be sure to also look at www.spellit.com.

Preparing for the Written and Oral Spelling Bee

Words used in the Matsumoto's Written Spelling Bee will be selected from the following:

•2020 Spelling Bee's Study List

Words used in the Matsumoto's Oral Spelling Bee may be selected from the following:

•2020 Spelling Bee's Study List

•Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, Copyright 2002, Merriam Webster Inc., and its Addenda Section

Contact Dr. Nguyen at hnguyen@eesd.org if you have any questions.