Congratulations
to our winners!
Trevor Paulsen of Poinsett County won the 2012 Arkansas State Spelling Bee, presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Paulsen, a sixth-grader at Harrisburg Middle School in Harrisburg, will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Monday, May 27, through Sunday, June 1, in Washington, D.C. Sixty-three students representing their respective counties competed in the bee March 3 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Diego de los Reyes of Garland County received second place. Reyes is a seventh grader at Lakeside Middle School. Third place went to Mikail Haider of Benton County. Haider is a fourth-grader at Elm Tree Elementary School in Bentonville.
The 2012 Arkansas State Spelling Bee, was presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, March 3, 2012. The bee was again held at the University Theater on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus.
In addition to improving students’ spelling skills and increasing their vocabularies, spelling bee participation provides valuable experience in developing poise – a necessary skill for success in public speaking.
Schools and home school organizations had to enroll with the Scripps National Spelling Bee at www.spellingbee.com to be eligible to compete in the Arkansas State Spelling Bee and to receive the study materials.
Winners of the participating counties in Arkansas will now participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
SCHEDULE FOR THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE:
Preliminaries
May 30, 8am - 5:30pm
Live on ESPN3.com
Semifinals
May 31, 10am - 1pm
Live on ESPN2
Championship Finals
May 31, 8pm - 10pm
Live on ESPN
Highlights from the 2012 Arkansas State Bee