The 2020 National Spanish Spelling Bee

THE TENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL SPANISH SPELLING BEE

JULY 9-12, 2020 DENVER, COLORADO

Join us in Colorado as we come together for the tenth Annual National Spanish Spelling Bee. A huge thanks and a pat on the back to Jorge Garcia and the executive board of the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education as they have agreed to host the 2020 event. July 9th and 12th are travel days. The group activities will begin with the orientation session on Friday, July 10, 2020, and will end with the National Spanish Spelling Bee Awards Dinner on Saturday evening, July 11, 2020.

2020 HOST HOTEL

The 2020 Host Hotel is TBD

REGISTRATION

Registration is now exclusively online and provides you several options for payment.

Register Here (2020 registration is not yet available)

Schedule of Events

2019 Booklet y LISTA DE PALABRAS AND STUDENT STUDY GUIDE – Download the following documents here:

2019 Lista de Palabras

2019 Student Study Guide

What do Good Spellers Do by Dr. Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza, New Mexico State University

HOSTING YOUR OWN – Download the booklet, “How to Organize a Schoolwide, Local, Regional, or Statewide Spanish Spelling Bee.” Click here to download

The 2019 Experience

It was a grueling seven hours of competition and in the end 9 were declared co-champions!

The Event

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Where

The Ninth Annual National Spanish Spelling Bee will be held in Denver, Colorado at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Denver International Airport. Located just minutes away from the Denver International Aiport (7001 Yampa Street), the hotel offers a free shuttle service to and from the Denver Airport, a full complimentary breakfast, and a free afternoon reception. An online reservation system has been set up and can be accessed by clicking on the link above.

What

With the support of the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education, our gracious host, and our sponsors, The New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education, Dual Language Education of New Mexico, Santillana, USA (a sponsor since the inception of the event), Language Magazine, National Geographic Learning/Cengage, Univision San Antonio, Bilingual Nation USA and Guero Loco (Steven Stiegelmeyer), The Spanish Resource Center (Albuquerque, New Mexico), the Mexican Consulate of San Antonio, our past host, Educational Service Center, Region 20, and many other individuals from throughout the country, this event provides students the opportunity to showcase their Spanish language skills and to network with peers from throughout this great country.