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We have been practicing our spelling skills getting ready for the Postmedia Canspell Spelling Bee.

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 ﻿ A group of 15 dedicated spellers have been meeting every Tuesday after school. We have had lots of help with our spelling activities and practice. - Tennis :  Lots of fun practicing some great tennis words and learning some tennis skills at the same time. Many thanks to Paul Devilliers for his enthusiasm and energy!! - Gymnastics: Serita Doell helped us out with a great word list and some impressive movement exercises on the mats in the gym!! - Hawaiian Hula : Who knew that "wiki" is Hawaiian for "very fast"? A big thank you to Shawna Davies for her unbelievable hula hooping expertise and the great Hawaiian word list we collected with her. - Rossland Seniors:  We had a delicious gingerbread-baking afternoon with the Rossland Seniors and collected some great vocabulary while sharing tea and hot chocolate. <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Rossland Public Library: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Christmas celebration of great vocabulary and wonderful Christmas print making. -Movie Afternoon: //Akeelah and the Bee//: Sammie and Holly shared their comfy condo theatre with us so we could spell along with Akeelah. Very fun!! - RSS Debate Session: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> "Good spelling is no longer important". Members of the RSS Debate Team gave us a lively and informative dabate on whether spelling is important in our world today.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">MACLEAN SCHOOL SPELLING BEE 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Saturday, January 29, 2011

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">AND THE __FIRST PLACE WINNER__ IS: <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Anna Anhel <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">SECOND RUNNER UP: Sammie Gaul THIRD RUNNER UP: Tyra Delaire <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Bee lasted 27 rounds of competition with Anna and Sammie tackling some trickier words such as "maimed" and "uncouth". Anna tried to spell "giddiness" by putting in an "e" (giddieness) which almost put her out of the competition. However, Sammie forgot the "L" in healthy and that put Anna back in the running. With a successful spelling of "peekaboo", Anna then took first place with the championship word: "cashier". Well done Anna!! Well done Sammie!! And great work Tyra!! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> A really big round of applause to all of our spellers who were very impressive in their spelling. The School Bee was very exciting!! Congratulations to everyone!!

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Many Thanks to our generous community for showing great support for this academic endeavor.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Prizes were generously donated. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Thank you to the Nelson and District Credit Union, Rossland Branch, for the Education Fund contribution of a $150.00 RESP t<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">o our first place winner. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Thank you to Cafe Books, Crockett Books,Jellybean Junction and the Community Librarians for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize donations. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Thank you to Bear Country Kitchen for prizes given to all participants. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Thank you to the Rossland Senior's Club for their continued support. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">A special thank you to Lynn Amann, our very own "Dr. Bailey". She did a great job with her role of "Official Pronouncer". And a very big thank you to Belinda Wilkinson from the Trail Library who did an awesome job of judging our Bee, along with Cheryl Caldwell. A great team, thank you, Ladies!! **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Lots of pictures were taken. We will post a "Photo Gallery" as soon as we gather all the photos.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">SPELLBOUND IN THE OKANAGAN – REGIONAL BEE

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">After the fun and excitement of our school bee, Anna Anhel will advance to the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On **March 5th** Anna will have the opportunity to make some new friends and shine on stage at <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the **Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Okanagan Regional Spelling Bee. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Top prize, for the winning speller at the Regional Bee is courtesy of Egg Farmers of Canada, -- $5,000 Canspell Education Award. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The winning speller also earns a trip to Toronto at the end of March to take part in the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Postmedia Canspell National Spelling Bee. CBC Television will broadcast the event across the country! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">So stay tuned to this hive of spelling activity…