FCCPTA IS CELEBRATING 19 YEARS
As an official Regional Sponsor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Enrollment will open August 20, 2024
Open to elementary and middle schools located in Fairfax County and Alexandria City
Follow Fairfax County Spelling Bee on Facebook
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 on March 23, 2025.
The winner of the Fairfax County Spelling Bee advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
KEY DATES FOR 2024-2025
August 20, 2024: School enrollment OPENS
School Enrollment: $199
December 2024: TBD - Live Q&A with Eliza: For Bee Coordinators, 7 PM via Zoom
January 2025: TBD - Live Q&A with Eliza: For Bee Judges, Pronouncers, and the Coordinators Who Train Them, 7 PM via Zoom
January 31, 2025: School enrollment CLOSES
March 2025: Deadline for enrolled schools to complete their spelling bees
March 2025: Deadline for enrolled schools to register their bee champions to participate in the 2025 Fairfax County Spelling Bee
March 2025: 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)
March 23, 2025: 2025 Fairfax County Spelling Bee, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA
May 25-30, 2025: The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee (Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD). The bee champions of schools enrolled in the 2025 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.
See results from the 2024 Bee along with special thank yous and more in our April newsletter.
View media coverage on our
2024 FCCPTA Bee Champions
5/20/24 FCPS: https://www.fcps.edu/news/spelling-her-g-e-n-e-s-carson-middle-school-student-follows-sisters-footsteps-competing
5/23/24 Fairfax Now: https://www.ffxnow.com/2024/05/23/fairfax-county-student-wins-spot-in-next-weeks-scripps-national-spelling-bee/
5/23/24 WTOP: https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2024/05/for-fairfax-co-student-competing-in-national-contest-spelling-is-family-affair/
5/24/24 WUSA9 - Virginia middle schooler to compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
5/28/24 Northern Virginia Magazine - Fairfax Seventh Grader to Compete in 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee
THANK YOU 2024 Fairfax County Spelling Bee Sponsors:
Champion Sponsor $2,500
Advocate Sponsors $1,000-$2,499
Supporter Sponsors $599-$999
Friend Sponsor $250-$499
Sonia & Scott Price
Fan Sponsors $100-$249
In-Kind Sponsors
Learn more about our local champ, who advanced all the way to the 2023 finals!
C-O-N-G-R-A-T-S Charlotte!
RECENT FAIRFAX COUNTY SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONS
2024: Ankita Balaji, Rachel Carson MS
2023: Charlotte Walsh, Homeschool
2022: Charlotte Walsh, Homeschool
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