Friday, February 15, 2013
Fifth graders will be taking part in the competition this year as well.
More than 30 adult teams from Sharon will test their spelling skills in March as part of the annual Sharon Education Foundation Spelling Bee. Slated for Thursday, March 21, the event will allow one winning team to have their names permanently engraved on the perpetual SEF Spelling Bee Trophy, according to an announcement on the Sharon Public Schools website. New to this year's bee, however, fifth graders will be able to join in on the competition. An announcement regarding the fifth graders' involvement will be coming soon. Those interested in registering a team for the bee, placing an ad or becoming a sponsor of the event can click here for the 2013 Registration Form. Pictures of last year's be can be viewed on the SEFFacebook page, and …
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Farmer, two school board members team up to win the Sharon Education Foundation fundraiser.
Thursday night, School Superintendent Timothy Farmer challenged a Sharon High School gym crowd to identify misspellings in his remarks. That he and school committee members Jeff Cruzan and Emily Smith-Lee spelled "saccade" correctly earned them their names engraved on the Sharon Education Foundation's "BEE Spellbound in Sharon" trophy. The team of Farmer, Cruzan and Smith-Lee -- the "Edukatted Spellrs" -- won the foundation's 9th Annual spelling bee fundraiser on the championship round's ninth word. The other four teams reaching the championship round, the night's sixth round, were: the Bee Goods (Tara Goodwin Frier, Melissa Leonard and Allison Schnipper); the SHS Freshmen (Sam Grady, Emma Lurie and Lasya Sreepada); SHS Apiary (Tae Cho, …
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
This year's spelling bee fundraiser is Thursday night.
Teams in Thursday night's Sharon Education Foundation spelling bee can buy their way out of being stung by their first incorrect answer. The new lifeline will be available before each round for $10 for each of the team's members, typically $30 per team, said Kathy Hershfield, who co-chairs the foundation with Dianne Needle. The foundation's 9th annual "BEE Spellbound in Sharon" fundraiser is at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Sharon High School gymnasium. About 30 teams will compete, Hershfield said today. Selectman Richard Powell, Fire Chief James Wright and Sharon High Athletic Director Robert Sondheim will be this year's pronouncers. The lifeline is among a few additions to this year's spelling bee. Trivia questions will be asked between rounds…
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