SPELLING BEE
About This Club
Join the Cherry Crest Spelling Bee!
Our annual Spelling Bee is a fun school tradition where students compete by spelling words aloud until a champion is named.
📅 Event Date:
Preliminary rounds: grouped by grade –November 5, 2025 at 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Top spellers advance to the final – February 11, 2026 at 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Cherry Crest Champion will represent our school at the Regional Spelling Bee!
The Spelling Bee is FREE for all participants and sponsored by the Cherry Crest PTSA (students must be PTSA members to participate).
👕 Optional: Spelling Bee t-shirts available—proceeds support Cherry Crest programs like essential classroom supplies, extra helping hands at the school, free field trips, and future events.
Registration is now closed.
How it Works
The Spelling Bee is open to students in grades 1 -5. All students can download & print the word list using the links below for self-study. For additional tips and best practices, see the Helpful Tips section of this site.
At the preliminary round, all participants will be grouped by their grades. Top performers in each grade will enter the final round in Feb 2026. The Champion from the final round will represent Cherry Crest in the Regional Spelling Bee contest.
Spelling Bee is sponsored by Cherry Crest PTSA, and is free for participants!
Club Details
Frequently Asked Questions about Spelling Bee
We’ve curated a document with the most frequently asked questions. To see the FAQ click here.
VOLUNTEER
We will need many parents to help during preliminary rounds, especially parents with American speaking accents. Volunteer to be a word pronouncer, or a grade rep for the spelling bee.
PRELIMINARY ROUND
The first stage in spelling bee will reduce the number of participants to 5 spellers in each grade within their respective sections. The number of first-round spellers who move forward will be finalized by end of December 2025.
Questions? Volunteers?
Contact: spellingbee@cherrycrest-ptsa.org
Cherry Crest Spelling Wordlists
2025-2026 Spelling Bee word list (Please do not share links): Words Only | Words and Definitions | Words, Definitions, and Pronunciations (NOTE: The three file links have the same set of words and are offered for families convenience. During the preliminary Spelling Bee we will use the 2025-2026 Spelling Bee words, definitions, and pronunciations list.)
Helpful Tips & Extra Practice are not part of the Cherry Crest Spelling Bee
- Study Tips
- 2024 Spelling Bee Book Lists Suggested Reading
- A Sample Video to give spellers an idea of how the Cherry Crest Spelling Bee will be conducted
- Word Club is the Bee’s premier study tool that your students can use for free to study all 4,000 words in Words of the Champions, including the 450 words on the School Spelling Bee Study List. Learn more about Word Club.
- 2025-2026 Words Of The Champions List will be released after the preliminary Spelling Bee.
Questions? Email: spellingbee@cherrycrest-ptsa.org