Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Students participate in robotics competition
The event is a qualifying bee for the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Nearly 60 robotics teams from across Pennsylvania competed at the Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center.
DOWNINGTOWN >> The Chester County Intermediate unit announced that 50 students are advancing to the 2017 Chester County Spelling Bee on Wednesday.
It is a qualifying bee for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The event, which begins at 9 a.m., will be held at the Chester County Intermediate Unit’s Educational Service Center (Entrance B) at 455 Boot Road.
The Chester County Spelling Bee is coordinated by the Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU) and sponsored by CCRES Educational and Behavioral Health Services. It is open to all students enrolled in a Chester County public, private, parochial or home school in any grade up to and including grade eight, and who have not reached their 15th birthday by Aug. 31, 2016.
Barbara Caso, CCIU special events coordinator, said each participating school is able to send one student to the Chester County bee who meets the age and grade requirements.
“Each of the participants is the winner from his or her school’s local spelling bee and each school is permitted to determine its own qualifying structure for its entrant, provided it follows the eligibility requirements,” Caso said.
The last student standing on stage on Wednesday will have earned a trip for two to Washington, D.C. to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and Bee Week. The champion will also receive the Samuel Louis Sugarman 2017 United States Mint Proof Set award; a one-year subscription to Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online; and a one year subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica Online. The second-place winner will receive an Amazon gift card and a Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, while third place will receive an Amazon gift card.
The two-year reigning champ, Great Valley Middle School’s Aakash Narayan, will return to defend his title, along with the two students who tied for thirdplace in 2016, who are Esha Singh from Lionville Middle School
and Jack Verhagen from PA Leadership Charter School.
The 2017 Chester County Spelling Bee will be streamed live over the
Internet via CCiTV at ccitv. cciu.org.
In the event of inclement weather, the snow date is set for Monday, Feb. 27, at the same time and location.
For more information on the Chester County Spelling Bee, visit www. cciu.org/SpellingBee.