Yes, the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee will take place at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, during the week of Memorial Day 2022. Visit www.spellingbee.com beginning May 1 for a full 2022 competition schedule.
Good news! Access to the Online Testing Platform is included with the enrollment fee for schools. There is no additional cost to use the Bee's Online Testing Platform.
Regional partners may use the Intermediate Test or Regional Qualifier Test within the Online Testing Platform to narrow down the number of competitors who will advance to their Regional Bee. The 2025 Intermediate Test and the 2025 Regional Qualifier Test become available beginning November 1, 2024.
We firmly believe the in-person, oral spelling bee offers the most benefits for participants. Our online testing platform is not intended to be a permanent replacement for that experience, but instead an additional option now and in the future to advance students through all local competition levels. If some local sponsors decide an online test is a helpful alternative to narrow the field of participants to make an in-person event more manageable, that might be an unexpected long-term benefit of the test.
Schools and local sponsors are not required to use the Online Testing Platform.
Enrolled schools may use the Online Testing Platform to:
• Conduct classroom- or grade-level competitions with online tests.
• Administer a spelling test in place of the traditional oral spelling bee, declaring a school champion without holding an in-person event.
As teachers deliver classroom instruction, manage remote learning or a combination of the two, they can offer a traditional oral spelling bee or administer an online spelling and/or vocabulary test, which students can take on any device with a web browser, at school or from home. Our Online Testing Platform, included with sponsorship and school enrollment, ensures schools and sponsors can host competitions and name champions under any foreseeable circumstances.
The Bee's online testing platform gives teachers and sponsors maximum flexibility in the administration of local spelling bee programs. Teachers and sponsors can administer online spelling and word meaning tests at the classroom, school, district and county levels.
If a school or sponsor decides to use an online test, students will be able to take the test on any device with a supported web browser* while at school or from home. The results of the test would determine who advances to the Bee’s next level of competition.