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Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7:00PM
Sprague School Gymnasium
For over 100 years,
Wellesley has championed
WOMEN
who are committed
to making a difference
IN EVERY ARENA.
Welcome to the 25th Annual
Wellesley Spelling Bee
Erudite (adjective) well-educated, cultured
Synonyms: brainy, cultivated, educated,
highbrow, in the know, knowledgeable,
learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly,
scholastic, studious, well-read
All funds raised through the Spelling Bee
by the Wellesley Education Foundation
(WEF) go directly to support programs that
enhance, enrich and maintain educational
excellence and foster innovation in the
Wellesley Public Schools.
For more information about WEF, contact:
WEF Co-Presidents:
Linda Chow or Carol Morrow
Contact us:
Info@WellesleyEducationFoundation.org
Visit our website:
WellesleyEducationFoundation.org
Like us on Facebook:
Facebook.com/
wellesleyeducationfoundation
Address:
WEF, PO Box 812312, Wellesley, MA 02482
Marquee Sponsors
Babson College
Wellesley Bank Charitable Foundation
Wellesley College
Platinum Sponsors
Anonymous
Gold Sponsors
Bruce & Becky Epstein
The Marvan Family
John & Janet Pattillo*
silver Sponsors
Tom & Cynthia Ballantyne
Benoit Mizner Simon & Co. Real Estate
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Town and Country Real Estate
Brookline Bank
CHUNGDAHM ReadWrite
The Cole Family
Susan & John Doran
The Fund for Wellesley
The Hockett Family
Kertzman & Weil, LLP
The LINX Companies
The Local Wellesley
McCabe & Logan Moving and Storage
Olin College of Engineering
Representative Alice Hanlon Peisch
Pinnacle Residential Properties
PRIDE Basketball
Waterstone at Wellesley
Wellesley Gentleman’s Society
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bronze Sponsors
Anonymous
Elizabeth F. Bachman
The Bettigole Family
The Braatz Family
Diane Campbell*
Chestnut Dental Associates
Dr. Matthew Fantasia - Family and General Dentistry
The Gieger Family
The Goldenthal Family*
The Green Family*
JT Fleming & Company
The Kaplan/Chow Family
Lussier Corporation
The Morrow Family*
Noxon Orthodontics*
The Paul Family
The Piazza Family
Provider Group
The Seidl Family
The Sheps/Tracey Family
Holly & Steve Simons
The Tong Family*
Rob & Connie Walkingshaw
Wellesley Dental Group
Wellesley Youth Basketball
The Zimmerman Family
*Gold or Bronze Plus Sponsor
thank you
Thank you to all our generous sponsors and to our teams,
who support the Bee both as donors and as participants.
We are grateful for all your contributions!
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previous winners
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1990 WPS Secretaries ?
1991 Mount Holyoke Alumnae supernaculum
1992 Hunnewell School Dads bantamize
1993 Middle School Staff ?
1994 Mount Holyoke Alumnae requiescence
1995 Mount Holyoke Alumnae opeidoscope
1996 Newton-Wellesley Hospital strabismic
1997 Hammond Associates xerocolous
1998 Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni traumatropism
1999 BC Alumni gibus
2000 Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni pertinacious
2001Century 21 Westward Homes
hamadryad
2002 Coldwell Banker/Central St. repechage
2003 pythiad
Wellesley Booksmith 2004 Babson College quinquevir
2005 WHS Juniors eremitic
2006 WHS Senior Spellers echard
2007 The Wellesley Green Team sessile
2008 The Wellesley Green Team immiscibility
2009 World of Wellesley imputrescible
2010 Butyraceous ombrophilous
2011 Butyraceous irremeable
2012 Council on Aging Spellbinders sacalait
2013Council on Aging Spellbinders
gradus
Spelling Bee Rules
1.
Each team will consist of three members, including the
Captain, who is the designated speller.
2. Words used in the preliminary rounds of the Bee will be selected from
this year’s Study Guide, a copy of which has been made available to each
team member.
3. Words will be pronounced according to the diacritical markings in the
American Heritage Dictionary: Fourth College Edition and Webster’s
Third New International Dictionary and its Addenda section, the official
Bee dictionaries.
4. The Master of Ceremonies will pronounce the word, give the definition of
the word, use it in a sentence, and pronounce the word once more.
5. Team members may ask for one additional pronunciation for the word,
but no more.
6. Team members may collaborate on the spelling of the word. Each team
will print the word legibly on the slate provided. All teams will complete
the writing of the word within 25 seconds and will be instructed to put
down all writing implements.
7. All teams will then display their slates simultaneously as directed, and
if asked by the Master of Ceremonies, the Captain will spell the word as
written. If there is a discrepancy in the written and oral spelling, the written spelling will prevail.
8. Upon misspelling a word, the team will be eliminated. If all remaining
teams spell the word incorrectly, no team will be eliminated, and a new
word will be given.
9. The last team to spell a word correctly in a particular round is declared
the winner of that round.
10. Winners of the Preliminary Rounds shall be recalled for the Championship Round, and the same rules will apply. Words for this round may be
taken from a variety of sources, and may not necessarily be in the current
year’s Study Guide.
Judges will make the final decision on all questions.
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program
Welcome and Introduction /
Recognition of Bee Sponsors ....................... Becky Cole
Yolanda Tong
2014 Bee Co-Chairs
Wellesley Education Foundation
Introduction and Special
25th Year Recognition ........................................ Linda Chow
Carol Morrow
WEF Co-Presidents
Wellesley Bank Presentation ...................... Tom Fontaine
President and CEO
Wellesley Bank
Wellesley College Presentation .............. Christina Dolan
Purchasing Manager
Wellesley College
Babson College Presentation ..................... Michael Chmura
Director of Public Relations
Babson College
Introduction of Bee Program
and Master of Ceremonies .............................. Stacy Braatz
Stephanie Sheps
Judy Zimmerman
2014 Bee Co-Chairs
Preliminary Rounds 1 to 7 ................................. Mike Dowling
Master of Ceremonies
Championship Round ............................................ Winners of Preliminary Rounds & Winner of
2nd Chance Raffle
Presentation of the Ruth Humphries Bee Trophy
Master of Ceremonies: Mike
Dowling, Longtime WCVB-TV Sportscaster
Judges: Dr.
Dean Blase, WPS Asst. Superintendent of Curriculum and
Instruction; Mark Ito, WMS Principal; Dr. David Lussier, WPS Superintendent
Time Keeper: Dr.
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Jamie Chisum, WHS Principal
round one
Wellesley Fire and Rescue
sponsor:
Bruce & Becky Epstein
Asst. Chief Jeffrey Peterson
Lt. Paul Delaney
Chief Richard DeLorie
Wellesley Police
sponsor:
Wellesley Gentleman’s Society
Officer Kevin Brooks
Officer William Griffin
Officer James Lindelof
Law Office of
David Himmelberger
David Himmelberger
Jeanie Goddard
Gerry Murphy
Town Government
Study Committee - The Great
Spellers Collaborative
Katherine Babson
Tom Ulfelder
Rich Page
Wellesley Advisory Committee AdvisorBees
Thomas Engels
Chad Harris
Kathleen Woodward
Wellesley Board of
Selectmen - OPEBees
Terri Tsagaris
Ellen Gibbs
Don McCauley
Wellesley School Committee BEElievers in Education
Patti Quigley
Tere Ramos
Matt Kelley
Wellesley Council on Aging Spellbinders
sponsor:
Waterstone at Wellesley
Elaine Elliot
Eunice Twitchell
Lucy Phillips
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round two
Bates PTO - The Minions
Jessica Dormitzer
Sheila Olson
Kena Thompson
Schofield PTO Skofield Spellerz
Timothy Cronin
Claudia Vigil
Lisa Hicks
Fiske PTO
Linda Messore
Colleen Hadfield
Siva Lavu
Sprague PTO
Kim Khoury
Brian Hagar McKee
Julia dePeyster
Hardy PTO Huskies
Kevin Leach
Eli Burstein
Priya Capila
Upham PTO
Jill Larsen
Steve Papavassiliou
Caroline Del Col
Hunnewell PTO
Paige Adams
Mike Cournoyer
Eben Scanlon
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PAWS PTO
Amy Reilly
Megan LeBlanc
Jen Fallon
round three
WMS PTO
World of Wellesley
Polly Fraga
Claire Fontijn
Patricia Davis
sponsor:
WMS Faculty - Killer Beez
Susan & John Doran
Paul Merry
Russ Cramer
Richard Carls
sponsor:
WMS PTO
Brookline Bank Apoidea’s
Natasha Goddard
Drew Bourn
Kari Sciera
Sasha Liang
Ruben Rodriguez
Wendy Doyle
WMS Students - Y2K Spellers
Wellesley Bank
sponsor:
Dawn Baillie
Mary Beth Mahoney
Ralph Letner
CHUNGDAHM ReadWrite
Max Tracey
Carina Coelho
Mason Klinck
Wellesley A Better Chance
sponsor:
Tom & Cynthia Ballantyne
Julia Miwa
Bridget Bettigole
Cassidy Bartolomei
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round four
WHS Housemasters
WHS National Honor Society
sponsor:
sponsor:
WHS PTSO
The Hockett Family
Lynne Novogroski
Drew Kelton
Marc Bender
Fiona Qu
Diana Hockett
Katherine Lucas
WHS Freshman Class Officers
WHS Senior Class Officers
sponsor:
sponsor:
The LINX Companies
Olin College of Engineering
Bobo Musikavanhu
Dillon Hourican
Manav Jain
Tyler Jung
Lexi Jones
Emma Ramsden
WHS Junior Class Officers
WHS Sophomore Class Officers
sponsor:
sponsor:
Kertzman & Weil, LLP
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Town and Country Real Estate
Teddy Sevilla
Matt Snyder
Emily Zeytoonjian
Tony Shu
Olivia Gieger
Savitri Fouda
WHS Key Club
sponsor:
Representative Alice Hanlon Peisch
Emily Buff
Fiona Corkhill
Kelli Murray
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WHS PTSO UnBEEtables
Delissa Prideaux
Annie Hall
Quentin Prideaux
round five
Babson College Toolachs
James Hoopes
Nan Covert
Donna Stoddard
Benoit Mizner Simon & Co.
Real Estate
Sue Picking
Lalia Corrado
Jared Parker
Wellesley College
Tina Dolan
Vicki Mutascio
Ann Stout
Dana Hall School - Team Dana
Stephanie Donohue
Linda Derezinski
Nancy Rich
Tenacre Country Day School Tenacre Tigers
Lou Anne Collins
Esther Frazee
Susan Doering
Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage
Jodie Zinna
Candace McLaughlin
Will Sahakian
Pinnacle Residential Properties
Teri Adler
Susan Lyman
Susan Frigoletto
Rutledge Properties
Chrissie Lawrence
Janet Giesser
Susie Gear
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round six
Wellesley Little League BEEsball
Patrick Doyle
Julie Beyer
Joe Roberts
Wellesley Youth Lacrosse Club WHS Lacrosse
Cecily Docktor
Korinna Garfield
David Jennings
Wellesley United Soccer Club
Steve Kogon
Dan Rubin
Chris Keyes
Wellesley Youth Basketball The BUZZer Beaters
WHS Girls Volleyball
sponsor:
McCabe & Logan Moving and Storage
Kristina Vasil
Rachel Cohen
Olivia Kisiday
sponsor:
PRIDE Basketball
WHS Golf
Andy Kaplan
Ryan Krueger
Ryan Noel
sponsor:
Wellesley Youth Football Wellesley Senior Raiders
Jim Fadule
Bob Wesley
Tom Halloran
The Cole Family
Sam Zimmerman
Brian Creonte
Michael Carbonaro
WHS Raiders Softball
sponsor:
The Goldenthal and Tong Families
Samantha Tong
Emma Goldenthal
Sarah Goss
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round seven
The Fund for Wellesley
Turkey Trotters
Wellesley Hills
Junior Women’s Club
Andrea Ward
Meredith Stover
Bob Glowacky
Kerry Bedard
Jen Bonniwell
Nathalia Rivarola Goodman
Health Advances BEE Strong
Wellesley Scholarship
Foundation
Laura Eisenmann
Katie Bosso
Kathleen Grinnell
Ilissa Povich
Brian Boyce
Judi Donnelly
Dr. Spellgood
Andrew Wagner
Stephen Wiviott
Jonathan Stein
Wellesley Service League
Jane Neilson
Jessica Fixler
Ruth Klinck
Wellesley Gardeners’ Guild
Judy Paap
Nancy Jones
Shannah Frambes
Wellesley Townsman
Cathy Brauner
Anne-Marie Smolski
Jordan Mayblum
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The Epstein Family
thanks WEF for
25 Years of Support
for Public Education!
Good Luck Spellers
and thank you to
WEF for a wonderful
25 year tradition!
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The Marvan Family
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Olin College is
proud to support the
Wellesley Spelling Bee
and its celebration of
learning and fun.
www.olin.edu
The
Wellesley
Gentleman’s
Society
is proud to
again sponsor the
Wellesley Spelling Bee
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Proud to support the
Congratulations
and thanks to all
contributors and
participants in
WEF’s
25th Annual
Spelling Bee!
Wellesley Education
Foundation
Spelling Bee
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives ALICE HANLON PEISCH Congratulates the 25th Wellesley Spelling Bee! State Representative 14th Norfolk District Chair, Joint Committee on Education Alice.Peisch@mahouse.gov State House, Room 473G Boston, MA 02133 Tel: 617-­722-­2070 Fax: 617-­722-­2817 17
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WEF Spelling Bee!
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The Fund for Wellesley
and all of our
The Fund for Wellesley and Thanksgiving Day
all of our Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trotters
Turkey Trotters congratulate WEF
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25 annual Spelling Bee! Spelling Bee!
The Doran Family
congratulates WEF
for its 30 years
of support to the
Wellesley Public
Schools!
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and good luck
to all the Bee Teams
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thank you to our donors
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thank you to our donors
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thank you to our donors
thank you
Bee Emcee and Judges
Dr. Dean Blase
Dr. Jamie Chisum
Mike Dowling
Mark Ito
Dr. David Lussier
Bee Volunteers
Sree Balamurugesh
Chris Anne Banks
Cecilia Brooks
Susan Clapham
Lisa Collins
Beth Cook
Anne Marie Cronin
Julia de Peyster
Beverly Donovan
Michelle Foster
Julie Garvey
Katey Goehringer
Lori Goldenthal
Sharon Gray
Wendy Guthrie
Sylvia Hahn-Griffiths
Helen Hamel
Sandy Joseph
KC Kato
Anne Marvan
Joan Minklei
Sarah Pedersen
Delissa Prideaux
Patti Quigley
George Roberts
Katherine Rooks
Lynn Sanville
Terri Sevilla
Beanie Spangler
Kristen Toffer
Suzanne Votapka
Beth Willett
Cindy Worrall
Bee support
Michelle Brown, WEF Bookkeeper
Tracy Cranley of Pine Straw
Nancy Dobos of DobosDesign
Addie Doherty, WPS Admin Office
Scott Grady, Rob Carter, Jack Glorioso, Tom Zinck & Paul Gambrazio
Hometown Weekly
Italo Club
Stacy Miller of TR Miller Co Inc.
Lynne Novogroski, WHS Housemaster
Melinda Saris of Whole Foods
The Swellesley Report
WCCC at Sprague
WHS Key Club Students
Wellesley Media Corportation
Wellesley Patch
Wellesley Townsman
25th Year Spelling Bee Committee
Co Chairs
Stacy Braatz
Becky Cole
Stephanie Sheps
Yolanda Tong
Judy Zimmerman
Communications
Janney Wilson
Sponsorships
Trish Lucas
Jean Piazza
Erica Recht
Mason Smith
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about wef
Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to investing in programs that enhance, enrich and maintain
educational excellence as well as foster innovation in the Wellesley Public
Schools. Since its inception in 1984, WEF continues to provide a thoughtful
and effective vehicle for residents and businesses to show their support for the
Wellesley Public Schools through generous donations.
wef’s impact
WEF provides grants to educators for innovative educational projects at all
grade levels. WEF works closely with teachers and administrators to fund projects that result in richer and deeper learning experiences, impacting a large
number of students across the district. Over $1.6 million has been awarded in
grants and assistance to educators in the past 10 years. Last year WEF funded over $100K in grants and an additional $72K to support the WPS strategic
plan, 1:1 Technology and other initiatives. 2013-2014 grants included:
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District-Wide Grants — Investigations: Hands on Science Kits • Proscope Wireless Handheld Digital Microscopes • Teacher attendance at the
Teaching Foreign Language Conference
Elementary School Grants — Leveled Literacy Intervention Grades 4-5 at Fiske • Composting at Schofield • Read to Self USB Recorders • Interactive e-book written about Boston neighborhoods by teachers at Hardy and Hunnewell
Middle School Grants — Upgrade to Robotics Hardware • Audio Books for Reading Classroom • Stools and Standing Workstations • Book Buddies For Life Community Reading Program
High School Grants — Software for Physics Data Collection • Portable
Welder for Metalwork • WebAssign Online Assignment Program • Teacher Coursework in Governance • Microscopes for Biology • Tripod and Light
Meter for Photography
WEF Fundraisers & Events
In addition to the Spelling Bee, Wellesley Education Foundation holds 4 other
major activities annually:
• The Annual Fund – (Dec) A yearly initiative that gives community residents and businesses alike the opportunity to make donations to WEF at year-end
• Chair Ceremony – (Mar) A ceremony of tradition which honors Wellesley Public School faculty and staff members who have served WPS for 25 years
• Wellesley STEM Expo – (Mar) WEF’s newest event, a day-long STEM
central for the entire community to enjoy and be inspired
• The Red Apple Campaign – (May/June) A program that provides parents the opportunity to recognize teachers and staff through a donation to WEF
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Babson College
is proud to support the
WEF Spelling Bee
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