LeVar Burton is an accomplished actor, director, educator and lifelong children’s literacy advocate. Burton has won Emmy and Grammy awards and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has entertained generations as former host and executive producer of PBS’s “Reading Rainbow,” starring as Kunta Kinte in the acclaimed television miniseries “Roots,” and as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation" television series.

Burton will host the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will be broadcast live on ION and Bounce on June 2, 2022.

LeVar Burton will serve as host of the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the televised Semifinals on June 1 and Finals on June 2, 2022, near Washington, D.C.

When a school is enrolled in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the 2022-2023 school year, the school's Key Spelling Bee Contact is automatically entered into the School Enrollment Incentive Sweepstakes for a chance to win one of sixteen Visa® gift cards. Click here for official rules.