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
Open to elementary and middle schools located in Fairfax County and Alexandria City
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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
August 19, 2025: School enrollment OPENS
School Enrollment:
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$194 (to-be confirmed): August 19 - October 31, 2025
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$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.
View 2025 Fairfax County Spelling Bee Program
View County Spelling Bee media coverage:
2025 Bee Champion Nikita Ramakrishnan FCPS News Announcement
InsideNOVA,
FCPS Media, InsideNOVA,
Fairfax County Spelling Bee Facebook
2025 FCCPTA Bee Champions
1st: Nikita Ramakrishnan - Rocky Run MS, Chantilly, 8th Grade
2nd: Nargiza Muzhapaer - Pinnacle Academy, Chantilly, 8th Grade
3rd: Laasya Mohan - Floris ES, Herndon, 3rd Grade
Champion Sponsor $2,500+
Supporter Sponsors $500-$999
Friend Sponsor $250-$499
Sonia & Scott Price
Fan Sponsors $50-$249
Anonymous Melanie Meren
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.
News Media 2024 Bee Champion
Ankita Balaji:
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
2023 Bee Champion Charlotte Walsh
C-O-N-G-R-A-T-S Charlotte!
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