It’s that time of year to be thinking about the 2009 Spelling Bee.  Here’s the buzzzzzzz…

To get your school started, log onto www.spellingbee.com and enroll your school.  Just like last year, the enrollment fee paid to Scripps is $99 per school. 

Don’t get stung!!  Enroll as early as possible, so you do not have to panic.
Deadline to enroll with Scripps is  Friday, December 19, 2008.
No enrollments will be accepted after the December 19^th date.

New this year, all 2009 Spell It! materials will need to be taken from the public Web site www.myspellit.com.  The Journal Star was not given the option to purchase reprint rights, so all word study lists will come from this site.

QUESTION?  No Problem.  Please call or e-mail Heather Close at the Journal Star’s NIE department.  Direct line is 309-686-3027 or e-mail at hclose@pjstar.com.  Although I do not always have the answer, I will find out.