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Palm Beach County Youth Services Department Holds Seventh Annual Super Summer Spelling Bee

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Palm Beach County Youth Services Department Holds Seventh Annual Super Summer Spelling Bee

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Palm Beach County Youth Services Department hosted its seventh annual Super Summer Spelling Bee on July 21. The competition was held virtually with 129 campers from 34 Summer Camp Scholarship Program sites participating.

The spelling bee is for students enrolled in the Summer Camp Scholarship Program's participating camps and provides academic activities to encourage the spirit of learning while preventing summer slide. Using Kahoot!, a virtual learning-based platform, campers' spelling skills were tested in a fun and interactive way allowing spellers to compete with campers throughout the county.

“In an effort to combat summer and COVID slides, we have encouraged our camps to integrate education into their curriculum daily," said Valerie Messineo, Palm Beach County Youth Services Department senior program specialist. “Campers have practiced their spelling words over the last five weeks and the Super Summer Spelling Bee is the culmination of their hard work."

Among the winners were campers from Bethel Evangelical Church, City of Greenacres, Digital Vibez, Neil S. Hirsh Boys & Girls Club, and Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders summer camps.

Participating agencies include the County Attorney's Office, City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Library System, Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition, Prime Time Palm Beach County, Friends of Youth Services and Palm Beach County, Inc., and Florida Power & Light.

Spelling Bee Winners:

K – 2nd  
1st PlaceNeil S. Hirsh Boys & Girls ClubJadah
2nd PlaceNeil S. Hirsh Boys & Girls ClubNatalya
3rd PlacePreparing Tomorrow's LeadersRobert
3rd – 5th
1st PlaceDigital VibezSean
2nd PlaceNeil S. Hirsh Boys & Girls ClubAndres
3rd PlaceNeil S. Hirsh Boys & Girls ClubNeysa
6th – 8th
1st PlaceBethel Evangelical ChurchSanai
2nd PlaceBethel Evangelical ChurchAlexzander
3rd PlacePreparing Tomorrow's LeadersJamiriah
9th – 12th
1st PlacePreparing Tomorrow's LeadersJay'Shawn
2nd PlaceBethel Evangelical ChurchValerie
3rd PlaceCity of GreenacresAmelia

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