Spelling Bee for School Newsletters

Are you ready for some c-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n? The District Spelling Bee is coming up on Saturday, Dec. 9th, at Park Hill High School. The competition is open to fifth through eighth-grade students. We hope you’ll encourage your student to participate!

Two Mock Bees will help students prepare for the big Bee! The Mock Bees are a chance for students to learn more about the competition rules and get comfortable with the format and spelling out loud.

• Oct. 9th at 6 p.m.
• Oct. 30th at 6 p.m.

Students can choose to compete in one or both of the Mock Bees! All they have to do is show up! The Mock Bees and the District Bee will take place in the Park Hill High School Auditorium.

The winner of the District Bee competition will move on to the Regional online qualifier, hosted by Mid-Continent Public Library in February. The top 35 qualifiers will move on to the Regional Spelling Bee in March. And the winner of the Regional Bee will travel to the Washington D.C. area to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May!

For more information, visit https://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us/families/spelling-bee or contact Amber Kahler, district spelling bee coordinator.

8th Grade Families:

All 8th grade students in the Park Hill School District have a choice about where they can attend high school: they can attend either their home high school in their attendance area (either Park Hill or Park Hill South), or they can select LEAD Innovation Studio.

LEAD is based on three pillars: project-based learning, self-directed learning, and mentorship. Our program has yielded amazing results, including high student achievement scores and high parent and student approval ratings through the district’s Panorama Survey.

But there is more to LEAD than just high achievement, and we’re excited to tell you our full story! We would love for you to join us from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at LEAD on one of our two remaining parent information nights: December 6th or January 11th.

Come to LEAD and hear from students, teachers, and administrators about what we offer, then take a tour of our facility. We hope to see you there!

If you plan on attending one of our information nights, please sign up using the link below. Knowing how many people are coming to each information night helps us prepare. Please make sure you read the instructions on the first page of the Sign Up Genius.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050C4CA9A72FABF85-lead (If this link won’t open when you click on it, simply copy and paste it into a new tab or window).

If you have any questions, please contact our principal, Dr. Chris Early, at earlyc@parkhill.k12.mo.us.

Dr. Chris Early

Principal, LEAD Innovation Studio

Park Hill School District

816-359-6569

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