If a home school student lives in an area with no home school association, group or co-op, the student\'s family can enroll in the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee program by visiting spellingbee.com.

Our Early Bird Enrollment Period lasted from August 17, 2015, through October 15, 2015. The fee per home school family during our Early Bird Enrollment Period was $94.

Home school associations, groups and co-ops can enroll in the Bee just like any other type of school. The enrollment fee for home school associations, groups is the same fee paid by other school types (e.g. public, private, charter).

Our Early Bird Enrollment Period lasted from August 17, 2015, through October 15, 2015. The per-school fee during our Early Bird Enrollment Period was $136.

Our Early Bird Enrollment Period lasted from August 17, 2015, through October 15, 2015. The per-school fee during our Early Bird Enrollment Period was $136.

Our Regular Enrollment Period began on October 16, 2015, and will last through December 11, 2015. The per-school fee during our Regular Enrollment Period is $211.

To subscribe to e-mail communications from the Scripps National Spelling Bee complete the brief form here.

Bee Week 2016 will take place May 22–May 27, 2016. The onstage rounds of competition take place May 25 and 26, 2016, in the Maryland Ballroom within the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

Admission to the onstage rounds of the 2016 Bee on May 25 and 26, 2016, are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

You receive access to many materials that you need to administer your school spelling bee program—all while satisfying an important eligibility requirement for your students. Click here to review a complete list of enrollment benefits.