Form Your Swarm!

save the date!! Sunday, MARCH 10, 2024, Wayland High School

The Wayland Public Schools Foundation is pleased to host the 31st Annual Spelling Bee on Sunday, March 10th, 2024 from 12:00pm to 4:30pm, at the Wayland High School. The annual Spelling Bee is a fundraising event for the Foundation, welcoming over 350 elementary Bee participants, 70 community volunteers, and over 1000 guests.

The Spelling Bee is:

  • Open to students in grades 2 through 5

  • A team spelling bee. Children form teams of three (their “swarm”), with all three members in the same grade.

  • New this year, we welcome Spanish Immersion students (grade 2-4) to join. Please select Spanish Immersion option at registration. Must be active student in Spanish Immersion program to participate in this option.

  • Held at Wayland High School between 12:00pm and 4:30pm. Each team is assigned a 35 minute timeslot in which they will compete with 5 to 8 other teams in the same grade. (The specific timeslot for each team will be posted to the website in early March. Please note that we are not able to accommodate requests to participate at specific times.)

  • If your child would like to participate in the Bee but, has encountered difficulty in identifying two additional teammates, please e-mail waylandspellingbee@gmail.com. We will do our best to assist with student placement on teams if we receive multiple inquiries from prospective spellers in the same grade.

  • Please see the Bee guidelines here.



Registration:

Registration will open January 22nd!
Regular registration will run January 22nd to February 18th and the cost will be $40/child.
Late registration will run February 19th to February 25th, and the cost will be $50/child.

For questions regarding the 2024 Spelling Bee, please email waylandspellingbee@gmail.com.

Bee Organizers

Melissa Davis-Bell, Caitlin Hornung, Bianca Serrano, and Heather Yates


Sponsors

The Foundation is able to host the Annual Spelling Bee through the generosity and support from our community Business Partners. If you're interested in becoming a donor, please contact waylandspellingbee@gmail.com.