Scripps National Spelling Bee

Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center Sponsors 18 Parish Region for the Scripps National Spelling Bee

[Hammond, LA]-The Louisiana Children's Discovery Center (LCDC) announces the sponsorship of a 17 parish region of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

"We are thrilled to announce our sponsorship of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and offer a long overdue opportunity for students in our region to be able to advance to the SNSB,” shares Kim Walker, Associate Director of Programs & Events.

Students in 4th-8th grades have not had the opportunity to advance to the SNSB because there has not been a sponsor in this region for many years. The Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center is stepping up to become this regions sponsor and provide that opportunity to many well deserved children. The 18 parish region includes the following parishes Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, La Fourche, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Helena, St. James, Tangipahoa, Terrebone, Vernon, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.

The LCDC 1st Annual Spelling Bee is open to children in 4th-8th grades from public, parochial & home schools. Schools can visit www.spellingbee.com to register for the bee and receive a large list of resources to help prepare for the spelling bee. Each school will send one champion from their school level bee to the LCDC bee to be held sometime between February 1 and March 28, 2012. The winner of the LCDC bee will advance to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The LCDC is looking for co-sponsors of the Spelling Bee and interested individuals, companies or organizations may contact Kim Walker for more information at 985-340-9150.

For more information, please contact Kim Walker, Associate Director of Programs, at (985) 340-9150.

Sponsors include:
Hampton Inn
Southeastern Louisiana University's Teaching & Learning Department
The Daily Star
Entergy

Hammond Junior High Magnet School is supported by the Edward Schlieder Endowment and the Hammond Northshore Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.

Prizes:

• All expenses paid trip for Champion & one adult to Washington, DC/Scripps National Spelling Bee
• Certificates for participants
• Trophy for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place
• One Samuel Louis Sugarman Award Certificate donated by Mr. Jay Sugarman: This prize is a $100 U.S. savings bond designated specifically for champion. This certificate is not an actual savings bond. Champion will receive the savings bond in June.
• One Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition donated by Merriam-Webster.
• Three one-year subscriptions to Britannica Online for Kids donated by Encyclopædia Britannica. (One goes to Champion)
• Two $20 Amazon.com gift certificates donated by the Scripps National Spelling Bee.