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FAIRFAX COUNTY
SPELLING BEE PROGRAM

To View the 2025 Bee Program, click the "abc" image above.

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FCCPTA IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS

As an official Regional Sponsor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee

2024-25 School Enrollment ended
January 31, 2025
2025-2026 Enrollment Opens
August 19, 2025

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Open to elementary and middle schools located in Fairfax County and Alexandria City
Follow Fairfax County Spelling Bee on Facebook

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You will receive immediate access to materials from Scripps via download as soon as you register your school. Once you hold your Bee, your school's spelling bee champion will advance to the Fairfax County Spelling Bee, held in March 2026

The winner of the Fairfax County Spelling Bee advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee!

KEY DATES FOR 2025-2026

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August 19, 2025:  School enrollment OPENS

 

School Enrollment:

  • $194 (to-be confirmed): August 19 - October 31, 2025

  • $204 (to-be-confirmed): November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

 

December 2025: TBD - Live Q&A with Eliza: For Bee Coordinators, 7 PM via Zoom

 

January 2026: TBD - Live Q&A with Eliza: For Bee Judges, Pronouncers, and the Coordinators Who Train Them, 7 PM via Zoom

January 31, 2026: School enrollment CLOSES

March 2026: Deadline for enrolled schools to complete their spelling bees

March 2026: Deadline for enrolled schools to register their bee champions to participate in the 2026 Fairfax County Spelling Bee

March 2026: Live Q&A with Eliza: All about the Fairfax County Spelling Bee, 7 PM via Zoom (limited to bee champions of enrolled schools & their families)

DATE TBD March 2026: 2026 Fairfax County Spelling Bee, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA

May 24-29, 2026: The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee (Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD). The bee champions of schools enrolled in the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee in the area of Fairfax County and Alexandria City are the ONLY spelling bee champions eligible to participate in this Scripps Regional Spelling Bee.

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SPELLING BEE COORDINATOR TRAININGS

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Champion Sponsor $2,500+

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Supporter Sponsors $500-$999

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Friend Sponsor $250-$499

Sonia & Scott Price

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Fan Sponsors $50-$249

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Anonymous       Melanie Meren

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THANK YOU 2025 Fairfax County Spelling Bee Sponsors

Fairfax County Council PTA (FCCPTA) is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
DISCLAIMER: FCCPTA does not endorse any specific business or organization and by offering a website link for either, does not imply endorsement by FCCPTA, Virginia PTA, or National PTA.

RECENT FAIRFAX COUNTY SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONS

2025: Nikita Ramakrishnan, Rocky Run MS

2024: Ankita Balaji, Rachel Carson MS

2023: Charlotte Walsh, Compass Co-Op

2022: Charlotte Walsh, Compass Co-Op

2021: Akshita Balaj, Carson MS

2020: None (not held due to COVID)

2019: Akshita Balaji,  McNair ES

2018:  Eric Kim, Wakefield Forest ES

2017: Reshmi Balakrishnan, Greenbriar West ES 2016: Eric Kim, Wakefield Forest ES

2015: Trisha Balakrishnan, Greenbriar West ES

2014: Jae Canetti,  Hunters Woods ES 

2013: Jae Canetti,  Hunters Woods ES

2012: Jae Canetti, Hunters Woods ES

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