Birmingham Homeschool District Spelling Bee

The only requirement you must meet in order to participate in a district spelling bee is to be part of a school that is enrolled with Scripps. To remedy this, a group was created and is called Learning at Home. Its sole purpose is to facilitate spelling bee participation for homeschool families. Without it, families whose school groups did not enroll would face enrollment on their own in order to participate in district spelling bees. At $145 for the early-bird special, that’s extremely impractical!

When you register with Learning at Home, you receive the study materials Scripps has released for the year. These are invaluable for advancement in the spelling bee.

As a member of Learning at Home, you will also receive curated study tips and FAQs from the spelling bee coordinator! Her job is to help homeschoolers get involved and be successful in the Scripps spelling bee system.

It’s super easy to register with Learning at Home and get started on your 2017 spelling bee journey! All that is needed is some registration information and an $8 fee per family. This means that, no matter how many students you have who meet the eligibility requirements, all you pay is $8. This small fee helps recoup the $145 Scripps enrollment fee, as all of this is on a volunteer basis.

Once the coordinator has both your registration information and your $8 fee, she will send you the study materials, study tips, and FAQs so that your students can begin studying right away. Here is the information needed, which you can send via email to Laura Tipps at latipps@gmail.com:

1. Name of Parent or Legal Guardian

2. Name(s) of Speller(s) in Household

3. Grade Level(s) and Age(s) of Speller(s) in Household

4. Phone Number

5. Homeschool Group/Covering/Co-op (Essential Church School)

6. Which District You are Closest to/Plan to Attend – which should be Birmingham for most

The preferred method of payment is PayPal. The following link has Laura Tipps’s information and the amount plugged in already: https://www.paypal.me/LauraAnnTipps/8.

If you need to send a check instead, please contact Laura at latipps@gmail.com.

The deadline to register with Learning at Home is December 31, 2016. After that, registration will be available until the date of your selected district bee for an increased price of $10.

Please share this information with your homeschooling friends!

Even if spelling isn’t your student’s strong suit, don’t let that deter you: the spelling bee is a great way to learn skills that will help them improve, not to mention its benefits in areas like self-confidence, competition, and friendship.

Laura Ann Tipps
latipps@gmail.com
(256) 504-2768