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District Spelling Bee

The District Spelling Bee will be held on January 30th at Berna Facio Professional Development Center.

Important Spelling Bee Dates

  • December 1: NM deadline to enroll schools with Scripps for enrollment fee.
  • January 16: Deadline to hold a school bee
  • February 6: Deadline to hold a district bee
  • February 25: NM Online State Qualifying Bee (Tiebreaker - February 27)
  • March 21: NM State Spelling Bee - Saturday

Spelling BeeAPS District Spelling Bee General Information

Study Lists

Once your school is registered and the participation fee has been submitted, spelling and vocabulary study materials are available through the Scripps Spelling Bee website. Log in to your school’s Scripps account and navigate to Resources to access official study materials and preparation tools for classroom, district, and national-level bees. Additional student practice resources are available through Word Club, which provides games, word lists, and activities to support spelling bee preparation.

Spelling Bee Coordinator

Each year, you will need to send the name of your Spelling Bee Coordinator at your school site by the first week of October to the APS District Spelling Bee Coordinator, Cheryl Wheeler, Executive Director of Elementary Teaching and Learning  (wheeler_c@aps.edu) in the Teaching and Learning Department. You may also call the main office at (505) 872-6874 to access the District Spelling Bee Coordinator.

School Site Spelling Bee

School site Spelling Bees need to be completed before January 16, 2025. Send the District Coordinator your school's spelling bee date as soon as possible.

School Spelling Bee Winners

One school spelling bee winner will advance to the APS District Spelling Bee. Information on the New Mexico State Bee will be available after the APS District Bee is complete.

  • The name, grade, and age of the Champion and Alternate should be submitted to the APS District Coordinator soon after the school spelling bee.
  • Each school will send only one champion to the District Bee.
  • There will also need to be a designated alternate, but the alternate will participate in the District Bee only if the champion is unable to participate.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee

  • Students who participate in the Scripps Spelling Bee at all levels (school, district, and national), are required to be ages 8-14 years; and
  • Students are required to have completed the first grade to participate.

Important Information

  • All levels of bees in New Mexico are NOT required to add a vocabulary component. 
  • Charter schools hold their own spelling bee unless they are APS charters.
  • The Spanish Spelling Bee is conducted by the Language & Cultural Equity Department of APS.