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[quote=Anonymous]It’s optional at our elementary school. Last year my child was a good speller for his age because he had been at Catholic school for the two years prior. They had weekly spelling test. Unfortunately, the test to be eligible to compete in the spelling, spelling bee had words that were pretty far above grade level, and the kids had to get a perfect score on that test in order to be able to participate in the Bee. There wasn’t any time given at school to study the words, we were just trying to do it on our own at home and he didn’t quite get there. It didn’t bother him that he didn’t make it. This year I’m not even bothering to encourage him because his spelling has regressed now that he’s in a school district that doesn’t bother to teach or correct it. I agree that it’s ironic that they want to have a spelling bee when they don’t even teach the kids spelling. Our school has a lot of kids who are several grade levels ahead, and the spelling bee seems to be geared toward them. As if they already need more recognition and people telling them how smart they are. It is kind of a shame, because I remember being able to participate and doing pretty well in the spelling bee without needing to be that far ahead. The words were more in line with the spelling words that we actually studied at school.[/quote]

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