Congratulations to all students across Wisconsin who will participate in the
Wisconsin State Journal’s Badger State Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 8, 2008.

Important participant information:

• The state contest will be held at Monona Grove High School, 4400 Monona Drive in Monona, Wisconsin.
• Students and their families should be at the school by noon on Saturday, March 8. Students must register with bee volunteers in the school commons, then sit with their families in the auditorium.
• Bee Director Amanda Kramer will begin introducing students to the stage around 12:30 p.m. Spelling begins shortly thereafter.
• There will be no “practice” round.
• A program, bee rules and protest sheets will be available at the registration table for all audience members.
• Students should bring their own water bottles to the bee.
• A short intermission will take place during the bee; light refreshments will be available.
• Students should dress in business attire for the contest.
• Parents/students can expect the contest to last for approximately four hours, or until a champion is named.

For questions regarding the bee, please contact Bee Director Amanda Kramer at amandadkramer@gmail.com.

Congratulations to all the spellers who competed in the Wisconsin State Journal Madison All-City Bee on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008. Our first-place finisher, Erich Wegenke, will head to the state competition on March 8, 2008, representing the City of Madison.

First and second-place finishers:
Erich Wegenke, age 13 – Holy Cross Lutheran
Max Jetzer, age 10 – Leopold Elementary

Students who made up our top 10 (alphabetical order):

Mara Blumenstein, Wingra School
Brandon Dumas, Akira Toki Middle School
Halle Kunzke-Anderson, EAGLE School
Sarah Juhlin, Whitehorse Middle School
Mason Martinez, Lowell Elementary School
Sophia Musacchio, Madison Central Montessori School
Sierra Servi-Sereno, Black Hawk Middle School
Heidi Thiel, Sherman Middle School

Students in the top 10 are invited to the Madison Downtown Rotary Luncheon on Wednesday, February 27th at the Alliant Energy Center (12 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.). Please print off this page and fill in the information requested below. Please send this web page print-off to: Rotary Club of Madison, 22 N. Carroll Street, Suite 202, Madison, WI 53703.

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