Baltimore Bee Recap

Learn It Systems hosted the Baltimore Bee Saturday, March 12, 2011.

Robbie Palmisano of Hereford Middle School was the 2011 Baltimore Spelling Bee champion. The event lasted from 10:00am-1:30pm and was held earlier today (Saturday, March 12, 2011) at Towson University.  This is Robbie's second year in a row winning the Bee.  He was last year's Baltimore Bee champion and thus will be making his second trip to Washington, DC in June to represent the greater Baltimore region in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 

Robbie's winning word was: Execration - meaning the act of cursing or denouncing.

The 1st and 2nd place participants from this year were also the 1st and 2nd place participants from last year's Baltimore Spelling Bee.  Overall, this year's Bee lasted 33 rounds with the final two spellers completing 25 consecutive rounds against one another before the winner was crowned. 

The students ages range from 3^rd grade (8-9yo) to 8^th grade (13yo).  These students come from Public, Private, Charter and Home schools in Baltimore City and County.  All students in the Baltimore Bee won their school spelling bee which qualified them for participation in this event.

 

The results of the Bee are as follows:

 

1st Place- Robbie Palmisano, 8th grade, Hereford Middle School, from Phoenix, MD

2nd Place- Elizabeth Bernatowicz, 7th grade, Masters Academy, from Freeland, MD

3rd Place- Ashon Carwell, 6th grade, Woodhome Elementary/Middle School, from Baltimore, MD

 

Learn It Systems would like to congratulate all participants for their tremendous efforts and doing a great job representing their individual schools.  

A couple of interesting notes about the 2011 Baltimore Spelling Bee:

 

1. The Bee was the 6th Annual Baltimore Spelling Bee held at Stephens Hall on the campus of Towson University

 

2.  This years judges were Councilman Bill Henry, 4th District, Baltimore City Council and Tina Nelson, Baltimore County Public Schools.  Additionally, Councilman William P. Welch provided the schools with Commendations and warm regards to this year's 60 participants.

 

3. The Bee is sponsored by Learn It Systems in partnership with Towson University

 

4. Towson University has hosted the Bee for the past four years

 

5. Learn It Systems is an educational services company based in Baltimore, MD that provides research-based reading and math tutoring services to struggling students in Baltimore City, County and in 27 other states across the United States and in Puerto Rico and U.S.V.I.