The 2021 National Spanish Spelling Bee

THE TENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL SPANISH SPELLING BEE

JULY 15-18, 2021 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.

2021 HOST HOTEL

The 2021 Host Hotel is TBD

REGISTRATION

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

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(2021 registration is not yet available)

Resources

The 2021 National Spanish Spelling Bee Booklet and Lista de Palabras is available now. Download the booklet and the Student Study Guide by clicking on the links below

2021 BOOKLET Y LISTA DE PALABRAS (edited 11/6/2019)

STUDENT STUDY GUIDE (edited 11/6/2019)

From time to time we find it necessary to make corrections in the booklet and to the Lista de Palabras. The link below will take you to a document that will outline the edits that have been made.

EDITED WORD LIST

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

Schedule of Events

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

TBD

What

With the support of the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education, our gracious host, and our sponsors, The New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education, The California Association for Bilingual Education, the National Association for Bilingual Education, Dual Language Education of New Mexico, Language Magazine, The Bueno Center for Multicultural Education, Lecto-Escritura al Cuadrado Literacy Squared, Velasquez PressBilingual Nation USA and Guero Loco (Steven Stiegelmeyer), The Spanish Resource Center (Albuquerque, New Mexico), our past host, Educational Service Center, Region 20, Dr. Kathy Escamilla 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.