in you will foundation for belmont education spelling bee i'm elizabeth dustin president of the foundation for belmont education and the first thing that i'm going to say which hadn't occurred to me to say till i came up front here is that if you if this is your first year with the child participating in the spelling bee then little do you know that this relatively small group here is not any thing of what you're going to see over the course of the afternoon and evening not that you'll have to stay but between now and eight thirty or nine o'clock hundred of kids and families will be coming through the auditorium it is actually a very very busy bustling  afternoon we in fact have over seven hundred students from kindergarten to sixth grade participating today so thank you to all of the students and parents for your preparation for this great event today's is being broadcast live by belmont media center we thank them i have a few other details to cover but first let's kick off this year's f p s spelling bee we don't want our three swarms of kindergartners to have to wait too long let me just first introduce our first host thank you very much everybody would like to introduce war morning before we get started bee boxes are number one christmas magic is number two number three is the grizzly bears number four little miss spellers magic spell as his number five rainbow busy bees number six number seven the royal blue rockets number eight spelled to thrill and number nine the spelling berries i'm going to come up on stage and i'd like to ask each one of these fabulous spellers to tell us their name i'm not going to ask them to spell their name but they will tell us their name thank you boys ladies and gentlemen i'd like to just run down the process that we're going to be following the pronouncer will call out a word and use it in a sentence you will then have twenty seconds boys and girls the pronouncer is going to call out a word you'll then have twenty seconds ok now twenty seconds you quietly discuss with your teammates and have one of your teammates write down the word on your white using your best printing in big letters please remember to keep your eyes on your own board the timekeeper will let you know when you have ten seconds left when half of your time is gone the time keeper will let you know once time is called the pronouncer will ask you to put down your pens and hold up your boards nice and high i'd like to have one person each grope hold that board nice and high for me so we practice just for a second we do that one person in each group hold that board  high excellent thank you can you hold that high for me thank you let's hold those boards up high that's what we're going to need to do so that the folks down here can see your writing right we'll that board  now the judge is going to review all the spelling so be sure to keep the boards up until you are asked to lower them so keep those boards up until you're told to put them down ok the pronouncer or the host will then ask you to erase your boards and get ready for the next word but we need to remember not to erase our words until we're asked to and we really get started ok guys my name is dan this is my best friend laurie sitting next to me and the two of us are going to be pronouncing the words then we're going to say the words in a sentence together you're going to come up with how to spell the word you're going to put it on your board you're going to hold it over your head while you get a ten second warning and then you'll get the time hold it over your head keep it held up ok does everybody understand that ok so laurie's right now is going to read you the first word that's in the contest here we go and one other thing to remember is try and write as large as you can because a little bit older than you are and we can't see  lot of fun for you to have fun we need another marker up front again sorry here that was the practice round let me see everybody's handwriting so we can see if it's nice and ok yes if you can write a little bigger next time all right is everybody ready everybody has a mark learn the marker was missing somebody would jump to get another marker jump is up hold up your boards everyone over on hold up your boards very high so we can see your word can everyone hold up their boards  all right the word was john j you am p good job number one team one teams three and four and five and six and seven you all did a great job ten seconds guys ready for the next word eat i like to eat my dinner at five o'clock boards down that's a race i'm in we're going to have the last word last word the last word is no way don't let your parents drive away without promising to let you do this again next year  we are so proud of all of you you've done a wonderful job you've learned your words thank you so much for coming today ok students will be escorted out and you will be able to meet them in the main lot being students will be escorted out this way and you will be able to meet them in the main lobby thank you our next warm let's g ladies and gentlemen i'd like to introduce the teams of swarm number two number one here the spelling super heroes number two super be number three super speller is number four the power speller number five the red team a yellow spelling puppies we have the golden spellers here though we be these and patriots vive and i'm going to just come down the line for one second and ask each one of these stellar spellers to introduce themselves boys and girls to say your name into the microphone as i come down the line thank you just want to take a moment and run through the directions with our spellers up here boys and girls you need to listen to these directions for just a minute ok before we get started the pronouncer over here will will call out a word and use it in a sentence you'll then have twenty seconds to quietly consult with the other folks on your team after ten seconds they'll be a signal ten seconds then you have another ten seconds to complete having one of the students in your team writing the spelling word on your whiteboard then you'll be asked to hold your whiteboard up high and we do that right now for a second who each team can somebody in a team hold a whiteboard up high that's a good job right there right there good good can everyone do them it's important we hold them hold that up high there buddy you hold that board up are just like those folks that's what we want to do and we don't want to put them down until we're told to ok we'll be told to put them down and then you can erase them never kids one other thing to remember is you need to write nice and large so we can see backyard right so we're going to say the word we'll use it in a sentence we'll say it again at ten seconds the time people will say ten seconds then you have ten more seconds to do it when the time is up she's going to ding her little bell there and then you hold  right we're going to go with the next the first word for the swarm and the first word is dog i see laurie every day when her dog goes to the bathroom on my yard dog lorries going to give you the next word a race you're bored so you can write that word down everybody ready ok just remember you don't need to put up people ward until we say time's up ok so you have twenty seconds to write down that word i write here is the next word play i like to play outside when the weather is nice play ten second time's up can everyone put their boards in the  the next word is is laurie is my best friend is nice job everybody got it right congratulations can we push the tables wonderful job everybody wonderful we are now going to read to you after you were a sure boards tell last word for your oh sorry never mind must i must review the rules of the spelling bee must comes your last word right see i want to go see a movie see let's go this way let's make sure we put all of our materials down and we're leaving this way ok here folks are lining up and leaving this way thank you all right your friends are going that way and it's going to fall them quickly swarm number three let's go speller gross excited yeah all right all right welcome to swarm number three we have this super spellers two we have the world race champions we've got the sycamore tiger we've got the minions with the wellington we've got the soccer spellers the word wizards and we've got the apple tree is and i'm going to come down the line and ask each student  all right guys we don't know if you heard the instructions from the past kids but here's what we're going to do laurie and i who are the pronouncers we're going to tell you a word we're going to use that word in a sentence you have those white boards and those markers in front of you you're going to write that word down nice and big because lori's blind as a bat and then joanna over here from the belmont citizen harold she's going to say ten seconds when you have ten more seconds than a bells go ring your time is up you're going to lift your board and lives is going to take a look at your words and tell you who got it right ok very simple very easy you're so good laurie is now going to give you the first word and the first word is you you have all worked really hard to get here you nice job ok everybody put your boards down and raise them and i'm going to tell you the next word the next word is she she is my very good friend she don't hold your boards up till the bell rings ten seconds ok are you all ready for the next word ok the next word is back when you're done here you can go back to the cafeteria and get some pizza that ten seconds before we continue there is an illegally parked car it is a black volvo as forty four victor david three one four massachusetts registration please move  already got a black volvo go check the parking lot the next word is good that we have an election coming up and it would be good if every got their parents to vote good zuda i like to go to this zoom and see time you are all done take turns walking out towards those nice ladies in the green or green yellow shirt ok lauren hello everyone i'm just going to make a couple of very quick remarks because we have over seven hundred spellers today and we want to keep things moving along on i'm elizabeth dust president of the foundation for bowman education and i just want to thank some important people very quickly a seven hour long undertaking of this size requires a great deal of work by a large and dedicated team our spelling bee co chairs lori bufano and barbara bull phoney have worked tirelessly to lead our volunteer so many thanks to laurie and barbara as well as to our beekeeper elisa le thinking and our volunteer coordinator priya licked i'd also like to call to your attention the f b s investors in education we are extremely fortunate to benefit from the financial support of these local businesses they make significant contributions to the foundation for bowman education in addition to individual citizens donations and it's precisely both the corporate and individual gifts that enable the f b to put as much money as it does into belmont schools every year these businesses are very generous and i hope you'll give them your business the care dental restored of group belmont gibson said the bees international realty remax leading edge realty and light wire inc finally i would like to introduce the folks here in the front who have given up of the spelling words are laurie graham former chairperson of the belmont school committee  to our judge liz frazer coordinator of children services at the common public library again thank you all and thinks as well to nick who as many of you already know is our first host today but here now is the fourth grade teacher at burbank just a couple things real quick before we get started parents need to remember that they can pick up their children in the main law be they will be exit ing year and going out this way so please pick up your children in the main lobby and if you have lost a it's up here boys and girls are we ready we ready spellers right here we got the alcibiades number one number two we could be dancing number three the belmont bumblebee s number four pick spelling three the charm manders the fancy be used to fantastic for the super spellers the magic minions the spellcaster and trans super boys and girls that's collectively let's hear their names one by one and let's give them all a hand my friends  boys or girls and let's give these folks good hand here well are you going to need to pay attention to what your friends right up here in the front are going to tell you because they're going to tell you exactly what you need to do word start writing down the word write as large as you can after ten seconds here ten seconds and that means you have ten more seconds to write when twenty all your hard work and try and write again as large as you can ok you already here comes your first word and your first word a is first first is your first word first ten seconds ten seconds sure boards here comes the next word the next word is because laurie and i have done this spelling bee you put the last eight years because it's so f is father my father just turned ninety years old  ten seconds every one of you got every thanks to a wonderful belmont education then next word is lunch i could eat lunch five times a day  working hand in work together you guys did a wonderful job you can now leave the stage and tell your parents you deserve i screamed out the door i shot everybody don't cry so proud and gentleman just a reminder that there is hot pizza and drinks also available outside and that parents should pick up their students and the outer law be they will be axing out this way one also take a moment and give a shout out to the belmont media center for a live t v internet taping the future use of us all we've got julie to ste belmont media dog or gentlemen i'd like to take a moment to introduce our teams and then we will ask each student to introduce themselves individually our teams for swarm five the super gorilla spell by own super scientists super spellers three honey bird the spelling which is the magic spell these and the s p r two sixteen i'm going to ask each student to tell us their name and i'd like all participants to be applauding as we go down our line my friend you're going to be ok guys here's the instructions what you're going to do is laurie and i were the pronouncers and we're going to read a word out to you then we're going to put in a sentence of it you understand the word and then we're going to say the word one more time then julie ann my friend down here she's got a sports with belmont for the herald she's going to be timing you know she's going to tell you in ten seconds ten seconds and then ten more seconds go by and she's going to and you're going to pick up your board and the board that you have written that word on is going to be written so you're going to hold it over your head so that laurie and i can see it and then the leg is going to be taking a look at your word and telling you how to spell it hoping it spelled it right we're just glad all of you are here thank you so much laurie's about to read your first word here we go ok your first word is laugh i had to laugh when i saw the names of the teams for one moment as i miss announcement before them and they keep the didn't judge go to ninja as the pony be rainbow rock silly spell or super next word in schools of all the schools on the planet belmont has the best school ten second race guys do me a favor can you all pull your tables back especially on the left hand side about four inches nice and slow that's good ok great just gone gone ten second lining up now so if you are in swarm six or any of your children are in swarms six or even swarm seven now is a good time to begin lining up we need to keep this moving along thank you lori and i met a girl scout camp when we were kids ca ten second right here at number one we have the super right here number two we had spelled but we got the super scientists here looking very scientific and we had the super speller spirit number four number five we got honey bird let's go oh all right guys here's what we're going to do i manage my best friend laurie and we're the pronouncers today and we're going to do is we're going to read a word to you then we're going to say it in a sentence then we're going to repeat the word you've got your white boards that are sitting in front of you with a marker you're going to as a team write that word down and then you're going to get an odd ten second warning from my friend joanna ten seconds sounds just like that and then when that ten seconds up you're going to hear this and that means you're going to lift your board and take that word that you've written so big that laurie can see it and live is going to tell you what the word is she's going to tell you how it's spelled and she's going to let you know how you did on that word does that sound easy enough yeah they all right now my buddy laurie's going to give you the first word and just make sure don't raise your port up until you hear the twenty second all right and then don't put it down until we tell you we want to make sure that we can see all the hard work you've done right you already ok the first word is fight i got into a fight with my sister because she ate all my candy fight ten seconds yep there you go and we're going to give you the next word so a race your board and list  ten seconds all right you put your voice down to race them everybody so you're ready for the next word all right here comes the next word is found i my lost watch ten seconds ladies and gentlemen a reminder that if you have any students in swarms seven you need to be lining up now you need to have your students lining up now if you are in swarms thank you nice job everybody the next word is leave please remember to thank your parents for bringing you here today mystic all right the next word is a book i like to read a book before i go to sleep at night  ten seconds basket i put my dirty clothes in the basket basket wonderful job nice job guys and now because you work so hard you get to go out this way ladies and gentlemen as we await our next swarm i'd like to remind everyone that pizza has now arrived pizza has now arrived there is a peach of a vailable in the cafeteria also before our next swarm arrives i like to give a shout out to belmont orthodontics and the belmont pediatric dentist few organizations and the belmont savings bank foundation  light wire incorporated with remax leading edge thank you as our friends file in i'd also like to thank the never resting rich  preston who is made all of his possible thank you richard preston for making sure that we're all connected now we've got swarms seven here because they need to be because the buzzing b after half so the shining stars we got the word which is over here and we got those zombies but now i'm going to come down the path thank you ladies and gentlemen let's give them all a hand boys and girls onstage are going to have to listen to instructions carefully from our friends down here at the green table remember when you're asked to hold your sign up you want to hold that sign up high but you want to wait for the signal to hold it up and you want to wait for the signal to put it down don't aeration and put it down until the judges have had a chance to see your word will be a shame if you spelled it right and then a race to the right so let's wait for instructions from our friends here at the front table and all right get started so this is what we're going to do and i are going to take turns saying a word we'll use it in a sentence and then we'll repeat the word soon as we're finished you can start writing down the word you're going to write it as large as you can so that those of us that are a little bit older than you back here can read it after ten seconds joanna will say ten seconds that means you have ten more seconds to do this when it's done she will ring the bell that's twenty seconds and at that point you're going to take your board and you're going to hold it up as high as you can and you're going to keep pulling it out while liz the judge will sit and read off the word and spell it tell you how it's spelled ok so don't raise up your board until you hear the bell and don't put it down till we tell you to because we want to make sure that we can see all the hard work that you've done when the board's down then you can erase it all right everybody got it you already for your first word ok here you go the first word is horse when i was a kid i used to ride our horse horse are all the boards down there all the rays ok here's your next word and that is grass when it rains a lot i need my son to go out and mow the grass grass ok the next word is every every lori and i sign up every year to do the spelling bee because we love it so much every ten second folks just a reminder quickly for folks who have students in the next warm if you have a student swarm a please make sure you are in line thank you next one ok the next one answer you need to know the answer to questions on your tests answer belt quietly already put those boards in the air the next word is class when i was in first grade my favorite class was arts class ten second alright time's up boards in the air the word is class c l a s s and you done it again everyone got it right all right everybody are you boortz already for the next question next word ok this is the last one you guys have this warm you ready and this word is ten second put your boards down and if you could raise the board so that the next one that comes up has a nice clean board you guys all did it and there's a goody bag for you in the hallway this direction congratulations the belmont public library there is pizza vailable in the cafeteria will be welcoming our next swarm in just a moments it will be swarming number eight if there is anyone in the audience who has a participant in the next swarm it's time to have your students beginning to line up we have a lot of people to go through today as we want to make sure that our next swarm is lined up in advance students will be leaving the stage in this direction and you will be able to pick up your students in the main lobby to thank also our parent volunteers because without them this event would not be possible and i want to thank the kids who are participating there is a lot of hard work preparing for today custodian gene o'brien and his for making sure we have a great space to do this in and making sure the rest of the school has a great space the next day to begin school to thank nick's place for donating some of that delicious pizza at cost and i want to thank belmont savings bank for donating the candy for every speller and for donating the first place prizes one hundred dollars for each member of the winning team i want to thank the book rack in arlington for donating the gift certificates for the second place prize twenty five dollars gift certificates for each member  don't forget to stop by the cafeteria before your swarm or after your swarm to celebrate visit with our investors have pizza drinks and snacks take individual and team photos with the bee mascot and let's make that we are reading our trivia questions from the slide which you see up here want to extend an invitation also to the f b a spring f p s bring dinner march eighteenth two thousand and seventeen don't miss it will be welcoming our next swarm in just a moment as the students have a seat behind their tables i will announce the name of each team and then we will not allow each student to say their name into the microphone ladies and gentlemen want to note that there are a few winning words of interest from previous years two hundred fifteen was show two thousand and fifteen was shrapnel two thousand and fourteen scintillating two thousand and thirteen vociferous in two thousand and eleven two thousand what we had as cargo let's get ready to welcome our next swarm after students are introduced they'll be read a word the word will be used in a sentence they will be given twenty seconds to collectively write down their word and correctly spell it they'll have a ten second warning swarm number eight is now taking the stage team by team in just a moment we'll announce the team names and then each student will have a chance to say their own name a let's go nice job by these kids excellent spellers all it does said we're starting off with team number one team number one is the awesome rockets over here we got the balloon panther and the brilliant butler piece here we have the butler boys at number seven number eight we get the fair spellers don't get too close number nine the chalk girls g a girls and we got the extreme headless turkeys over here at our last group number ten i'm going to come up to the stage now boys and girls i'm going to ask each one of you to say your name in a big and boys and girls made gentlemen on that they were going to need to listen to instructions from our friends at the green table you'll be given a word and use it and it will be used in a sentence but you need to listen to instructions about when you need to hold your board up and let's not take our ports down until we're told to so that everyone here has a chance to read your correctly spelled and we read a good let's go or just as he said i'm going to do one more time you're going to have that board in front of you you're going to write down the word there's my friend lori she pronounces the words and so do i we're going to take turns when we say the word my friend joanne interval is from the belmont is in harold at the end she's going to tell you when you have ten seconds left by saying ten seconds and then when it's time to lift your board and show it you're going to hear th bad board up have that word written big because laurie can't read that well and hold it up until we tell you to put it back down liz is our judge she's going to be looking at all of your boards to let you know if you have spelled the word correctly or not understand all right here's my friend laurie with your first word ok the first word is again it is nice to see many of you here again been here several times again yeah belmont everybody got it right the next word it is bright the lights on stage are right right yeah let's get you a black marker ok girl so that we can see what you've written ladies yes that red mark is very colorful but we can't read it too well so right with the black one if you can please all right everybody good job and nice big writing thank you folks before our next run our next word i just want to run people that if you have a student in the next swarm and swarm nine you need to please make sure you are lined up and we shouldn't be in here you should be lining up out front we wan make sure that these folks are in line and ready to go thank you next word his house when we're done with this laurie come into my house for a playdate how excellent all right the next word is swimming i hope everybody got to go swimming this summer at the new pool swimming right make sure we leave all our pens and things a racer's and boards and let's head out this way guys let's go we need to make room for our next warm our next warm a want to let people know that our next swarm will be swarm number nine our next swarm will be swarm number nine and i'd like to let people know that when your student is done they'll be executing the stage this way and they can be picked up in the main lobby when your student is done they'll be exiting out this way and you can pick them up in the main lobby it's important that if your student is in here and they are in the next swarm they not be in here that they be lining up so we make sure we get through our schedule of participants quickly and efficiently it's lots of people here  today as the students become seated i will introduce each team and then each student will have a chance to introduce themselves each student will have a chance to introduce themselves we have our pronoun serves up here at the main table to run things for us i'd like to introduce and man realtor at remax leading edge  want to remind people there is  pizza ok i just want her also introduced peter's troops here our library director he's coming in here to help relieve the pressure of being here hour after hour on our staff thank you peter we'll get ready to introduce our next swarm in just a moment once again folks if you have a student here who is in the next swarm that student needs to be lining up in advance like to thank also our sponsors belmont's miles bennett family i care belmont orthodontics belmont savings bank city side subaru remax leading edge dental restored of group in belmont saw the bees and the light wire let's get ready to introduce our next swarm swarm number nine swarm number nine all right ladies and gentlemen small number nine right here at number one is the buzz words number two the word bust during number three mm the sporty number for the o caster the spelling seals pin the pets for a spelling squirrels and the spelling tigers we have a manasseh ring of spellers now i'm going to ask them to give their names each one my name is james let's give them all a hand let's give the ball a hand boys and girls on stage you're going to need to pay attention to the instructions that are given to you by our friends here at the green table you'll be given a word it'll be used in a sentence you need to write that word down with your group you're going to have twenty seconds and after ten of those seconds half way through you'll get a warning at the end you'll be asked to raise up your boards nice and high so these folks can see your words please all raise them up until you get told to please don't take them down until you get told them to do so because we want to let our judges have a chance to see your words are we ready yeah ok we're going to go over the instructions is one more time just so everybody knows what's going to happen all right and i are going to take turns we're going to say the word we're going to use it in a sentence and then repeat it your job all of you is to write the word down as large as you can so that those older people such as myself back here can read it peter over here is our time keeper and ten seconds he's going to say ten seconds and then a twenty seconds when your time is up he is going to ring the bell when you hear that you're going to raise your boards up as high as you can let's see you all raise him up there you go and leave them up until we tell you can put them down while they're being held up lives our judge is going to say the word she's going to spell it and then we'll tell you can put your boards down so don't put them down until we tell you because we won't know that you're old working really hard we want to make sure that we see all your work ok everybody ready ok let me hear i don't hear enough people let me he you're already in is going to give me your first word the first word this is a hard one i like to open with a hard one the first word is though i hope you know all the word you are being tested on today no ten seconds and put your boards down all right are you all ready for the next word ok the next word is flower my favorite flower is the rose flower nice job y'all got that right let's see if you can get this one right the next word is yellow the numbers in front of you ten seconds just want to say guys it doesn't we're really proud of you for all being here occasionally you're going to make a mistake my friend lori's the next to me makes them all the time so please don't worry if you make an error at least you're up here trying a lot of people never try you're all doing a magnificent job and we're really proud of you thank you for being here today good job everybody ten seconds next word bank sometimes i just have to sit down and think about what i need to do to get through the day  ten seconds we're going to push these tables back a little bit all right you guys are very enthusiastic we don't want you to be falling off the stage that would be bad all right you're already ok the next word is about the harry potter books are about a young boy who was a wizard about ten seconds go ahead and put your boards down nice job everybody ready next word is grabbed the marker fell off the table but then fourth grade teacher nick grabs it grab everybody i'm going to this is the last word you got for the swarm your hard workin you ready last word last word cleena i hope that when i get home i see that i have a clean kitchen clean ten seconds if you are in the next swarm you need to be lined up now girls this way or i got a goodie bag waiting for you we want to thank all the parents first the boarding the belmont foundation for education really appreciate you all being remind folks that if your student is in an upcoming swarm please make sure that they are in line before hand please make sure that if your student is in an upcoming swarm they are prepared ahead of time will just give our next warm one or two minutes i want folks to be aware that if you have students in the spelling bee you need to be lined up in your swarm in advance look at our next swarm just a couple minutes and when they come in w introduce them by team and we will also give them a chance to introduce themselves individually each student will have a chance to introduce himself individually team by team and then in the or the spartan the soccer spellers one the spelling machine's number eight over here we have a witch which the wind be that number nine and number ten the spelling which is i'm going to come up on stage and ask each student to give us their names so that we can recognize them individually and start right here let's make sure everyone can listen to their kids tell their names let's keep our voices down at this point so that people can hear the students thank you boys and girls on the stage you don't need to listen to directions from our friends here at the green table all they will say a word yes use it in a sentence and you'll be asked to spell it and after a short period of time to raise your boards please listen to instructions from the green table all ok we're going to give some nice instructions i need everybody to listen what we're going to do is nick said and i'm going to take turns we're going to say a word we're going to use it in a sentence and then repeat the word your job is to listen to the word and to write it down on the board that's in front of you and write it nice and large so that those of us back here can read it one year good writing after ten seconds peter here will say ten seconds which means you have ten seconds left and when those ten seconds are up he will ring  bell then we will tell you to raise your board and hold it up nice and steady so that everybody can read it and liz will then say the word she will say how to spell it and then we'll tell you to put your boards down so don't put it up until you hear the bell and don't put it down till we tell you to want to see all the hard work you've been doing all right you already  say the first word the first word is center right the words center on the middle of your board's really big center ten seconds get ready for the second word ok the next word is until don't raise the board until you hear the bell  ten seconds ten seconds ten seconds then next word to work as a team everybody the next word is boxes when i sell houses the owners but their stuff in boxes so that the place looks cleaner boxes ten seconds ok the next word is each each one of us studied very hard for the spelling bee each all right kids this is going to be your last word your boards are clean right every year laurie and i go downtown to the city city to watch the fireworks city world was city see i see why you all did a fantastic job everyone spelled it correctly go belmont yeah baby you guys did a great job and because all of your hard work after you race the board so that the next team has a nice clean board you can go that way where those lovely people are standing in the orange shirts and you're going to get a goody bag i mean or it all read or it's laurie's color thank you ladies ladies and gentlemen as we watch our swarm number eleven enter i'd like to thank everyone for coming and i'm going to hand the microphone in the baton over to jamie shea who has done so much for our school system over the  this is among one of the greatest things the foundation for a belmont education does every year  you got ten seconds right the next word is inset my friend peter screamed when he saw the insects in the bath tub insect ten seconds ok the word is pumpkin hold up your bo our guys last word last word for this war my friend lori and i are even spaghetti she sneezes in a noodle came out of her nose noodle is the word noodle ten seconds ok hold them up who i see lots of corrects noodles n o o d l e everyone's body correctly well done have done a lot of work channel thirty for horizon november twelfth through december fourth so if you'd like to watch it again you can tune into your local your local access channel and see this wonderful spelling bee shown again thank you so much about media sorry for being here  thank the belmont media center them please try to patronize the businesses that page and that that support us because if we support them there to go to support us we are able to donate all of our all the money we make back to the public schools to benefit your kids so thank you so much for coming out and thank you so much and they will use that word in a sentence you will have twenty seconds to talk to your teammates and write your word down very very clearly for them on the whiteboard they will give you a ten second warning our time keeper peter over here is going to give you a ten second warning and  you already and going to give you the first word the first word is hungry i'm hungry so i'm going to get some nix pizza after this warm is done hungry ten seconds ok all right just remember don't put your board up until you hear the bell right and don't write big and don't put it down till we tell you you don't want to lose all the work you've done all right you ready for the next word are you ready for the next word great now the next word is wreck after the automobile accident the tow truck took the car wreck away wreck ten seconds the next word is president on tuesday we're going to be electing our next president ten seconds ok hold your boards up really high and steady a p r e s i d e n t one two three five six seven eight nine and ten you spell them correctly well done we are proud of every one of you for coming and learning the words and trying your hardest we are impressed i thank you all for being here if you make a mistake it's no big deal laurie makes them all the time and we still love her true i do my children tell me that all the time are you already ok your next word is envelope i put a birthday card for my friend peter into the envelope and mailed it after halloween it stretch ten seconds ok you already you're boards nicely a race ready for the next word ok the next word is bruise i fell down and got a bruise on my knee ten seconds the last word is right write your word down in the middle of the board as big as you can wri ten seconds word ok the first word is enough my friend in here did not have a big enough breakfast she's still hungry enough now you can live them up there you go the word is enough make sure you're right large enough n o u g age so one two three four five six seven ten and done don't put your cards up until you hear peter do the dang peter do your little bell their forum there you go so when you hear that you're going to hold your board up and keep it up until principle but in court tells you can put it back down ok he's getting crazy with the bell all right you all ready for the next one see every time it's like let me hear are you ready for the next one it's going to give you that word the next word is ah i'm getting so hungry i'm starting to knock on my pen cap n ten seconds that's a tough word ok ready for the next word ok i am very glad all right the next word is another i am going to give you a nother word to spell another ten seconds correctly you can put them down you know what ten seconds ok hold them up high the words tongue t o n g u e one two three four keep them up please four five six seven ten and eleven about their correctly well done thank you put them down now raise your words already all right the next word is caught i stood outside and watch the football game and caught a cold caught ok hold your boards that were caught c a u g h t one two three four five six seven nine ten and eleven you may put your board and you know what i like what i see up here is you guys are all doing a really nice job sharing the jobs letting people take turns writing and holding up the board thank you very much because you're all teens and we're proud of you all for being here and trying we really appreciate you coming and being on stage and showing what you know the next word is silent peter told daniele to stop singing in the library it ten seconds over all right are you ready ok very enthusiastic i like that that's right the next word is aboard the conductor called all aboard to get people on the train aboard ten seconds nice teamwork aboard everyone hold them up a b a b o a r d is the correct spelling one two three four six seven eight nine ten and eleven ok i'll turn it over to our palace and one request make sure that when you write your word you write it nice and large so we can all read it and when you hold up your board keep it up nice and high until principal betancourt tells you to put it down because we know that you're all working really hard and we want to see all your hard work ok everybody ready all right here is your first word certainly we're all certainly happy the principal betancourt has joined belmont certainly nine nine and possibly ten now they correctly thanks to you put it down when i say so all right well done the next word is bodil laurie's got a bottle of water so she doesn't show connor pizza bartle ten seconds all right you may put them down and raise them all right raise your boards are you already see every group we have to go through this are you all ready i want to make sure you're paying attention ok the i am going to go to the big apple circus to see the jim nantz circus ten seconds and nine spell them correctly you may put them down now if you the next word is cold war didn't ok raise those boards and ready for the next one and the next one is when is day wednesday is the middle of the week all right well done for holding that up nice and neatly written wednesday w e d n e s d a y wednesday one two three four five six seven  can't tell a little a i think ten you might have spelled it correctly you can put them down then next word is laurie likes to dance the wall at the foundation gala every ten seconds ten seconds you to because we want to make sure we read what you've written ok you already for your first word i do this with everything and all are you ready for your first word and is going to give you your first word the first word is pizza eating contests are laurie and eyes favorite sport ten seconds don't hold them up til the ring the bell and nice large handwriting thank you already already ok the next word is polite when somebody asks you a question please make sure you give them a pol ten seconds beer my friend peter has to wipe the crumbs out of his beer ten seconds ok wow what a group hold them up really high b a r d one two three four five zero seven eight nine and ten  ot them correctly well then you can put them down  all right your next word is altitude and some friends of mine went to much of picchu in peru the mountains are very high altitude altitude so much everybody that's here the next word is necessary because you're getting so many words right it's necessary ten seconds all right if everybody's ready here comes your next word and the next word is again it's very nice to see so many of you here again again ten seconds until you hold your boards up again a g a i n n again everyone spelled it correctly whale way to go for fifteen the next word is velvet peter likes to wear is blue velvet jacket on new year's eve ten seconds already ready ok your next word is remove the i had to remove my friend and from the lobby as she was making a lot of noise was remove ten seconds all right now this is your last word for this more mckay and that word is laughter i heard a lot of laughter in the hallway when you all coming in laughter ten seconds you must need really carefully speller kristen ten seconds make sure you make sure that you write neatly enough and that you only hold it up once the bell rings ok are you ready for the next word fellows pretty o ok so now the next word is descent i climbed up the mountain and that was easy but the descent down was very difficult  ten seconds are not ready for america's funniest just yet all right the next word is favorite peter daniele laurie and i all agree that this is our is usually usually i go to sleep at about nine thirty usually ten seconds that if your parents have an early voted yet mention to them they better get it done by tuesday mention ten seconds ok already all right the next word is thirteen you become a teenager when you turn thirteen and thirteen ten seconds switch i had to switch to a word that was on the list you  ten seconds lot of energy and want to see what happens at the end  i'm seventeen is over we will take a fifty minute break and then we will start our competitive fifth and sixth grade rounds at six thirty all right so we have the task dick and who do we have  our time keeper peer over here will give you a ten second warning and then he will make this noise which means stop writing put your hands down and hold up your boards really really high so our judge principal back in court can see if you spell the word correctly ok everybody got all right good luck swarm seventeen just make sure you write lard in your letters large and neatly so we can really see your spelling ok ok the first word is juice i have juice every morning for breakfast juice who i'm seventeen excellent ok raise your boards here comes the next word the next word is rough if you guys all get the ten seconds for belmont media already you already see we have to do this every single time every single swarm of comes up here i don't get the yells that i want are you all ready  guys went all right the next word is way the door would not stay open so we had to wedge a piece of wood under it w ten seconds ten seconds ok the next word is honest it's important to be honest if you're caught making a mistake and admit ten seconds  what a good word to know how to spell correctly h o n e s t everyone spot the correctly the last one of our noncompetitive round we will then have a ten to fifteen minute break we asked swarm eighteen which is our first competitive swarm to line up at six twenty five for a six thirty start so if you are here for swarmy team make sure you are lining up by six twenty five will be getting a competitive round sharply at six thirty and you can get paid between that time for less money for the foundation for education what  don't let your parents leave without it or we won't forgive you ok the next word the next word would i ask danielle peter laurie the next word is tonight tonight has been a very interesting evening watching you all spell tonight i just like to say the twin screw the twins i really like your happy faces you do very nice addition to your words thank you the next word favorite jamie over here at the microphone is one of my favorite people because she works hard for the belmont foundation for education ten seconds ten seconds ok guys this is the last word we just want to say how proud we are that all of you came out here today got up on stage tried your hardest wrote these words down it's not if you get them all right it's if you tried right we're really proud of you thank you so this is the last word last word cannot you cannot leave tonight without making your parents buy you a slice of pizza and not ten seconds