Welcome to the 2008 ROMS Spelling Bee!
The Bee is the nation’s largest and longest-running educational promotion, administered on a not-for-profit basis by The E.W. Scripps Company and approximately 267 sponsors in the United States.
QUESTION:
Where did the term spelling bee come from?
ANSWER:
A fairly old and widely-used word (bee), it refers to a community social gathering at which friends and neighbors join together in a single activity (sewing, quilting, barn raising, etc.) usually to help one person or family. The earliest known example in print is a spinning bee, in 1769. Other early occurrences are husking bee (1816), apple bee (1827), and logging bee (1836). Spelling bee is apparently an American term. It first appeared in print in 1875, but it seems certain that the word was used orally for several years before that. (This information came from the Scripps National Spelling Bee website.)
For more information on the spelling bee, go to:
http://www.spellingbee.com/  Welcome Contestants!
 Our Spelling Word Reader: David Pontzious
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Here are our school finalists:
6R Calum Ahmed
6R Mateusz Borowiecki
6R Josh Young
6O Zach Althoff
6O Connor Glick
6O Rogue Sample
6O Jacob Slivatz
6M Laura Griffin
6S Sydney Fairman
6S Andrew Hall
6S Paige Bradley
6S Mallory Hurley
7R Kathleen Watson
7R Alexis Fillipis
7R Cheyenne Wallace
7R Matt Miller
7O Allison Anal
7O Yesenia Jimenez
7O Trevor Kline
7O Lauren Peetz
7M Maranda Chorazyczewski
7M Ben Davis
7M Brittany Duval
7M Jesse Friedman
7S Tyler Beerer
7S Shamus Carey
7S Haley Hoemke
7S Max Marino
8R Claire Bradford
8R Lauren Jaslove
8R Anne Marie Mueller
8R Frankie Harlick
8O Blaire DeWilde
8O Katie Faddol
8O Jorah Huntington
8O Justin Phillips
8M Katie Baras
8M Dan Dobras
8M Mariah Gardziola
8M Delaney Ryan
8S Devon Davis
8S Dustin Dieckmann
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Our Judges: Diane Luscombe, Georgetta Indreica , Justine Korn
All Eyes Are on You!
And You
And You
A Quick Rest Between Rounds
The Five Finalists in Round Six and Mr. Pontzious
The Royal Oak Middle School Winner!: 6th Grader