About PSM Library: Bees

Felix exitus! That's Latin for success or happy outcome! All students have the chance to compete in our school-wide spelling bee. We do not have a classroom level bee. Any student with a genuine interest and passionate pursuit of spelling is able to sign up!  

We will hold our school-wide bee on Thursday, December 11 at 8a in the library. Study resources will have both spelling and vocabulary but the school bee will be spelling only. 

 Our school champion will then move on to represent Prairie Star in the Johnson County regional spelling bee. The Johnson County Spelling Bee is scheduled for Saturday, January 10, 2026 at Gardner Edgerton High School. More details to come!

What is the origin of s-u-c-c-e-s-s?

You can find it by following these 11 tips along your way to spelling superstardom:

For inspiration, watch the documentary Spellbound on family movie night.

Keep a "great words" journal for every new and interesting word that you find.

Designate a spelling wall in your home. Post new words to the wall each day.

For family game night, conduct an impromptu themed spelling bee. Use a newspaper for a current events bee or a cookbook for a cuisine bee.

Do like Akeelah did. Spell and jump rope!

Ask friends and neighbors to challenge you with great spelling words.

Find a good luck charm—perhaps shoelaces with a bumblebee design or a special coin.

Read great books. You'll be entertained while you effortlessly improve your spelling and increase your vocabulary.

Scour the dictionary in search of words to stump your parents and teachers.

Have a parent sign you up for a Word Club season pass. Word Club is a fun new way to study official Scripps National Spelling Bee study words online, with tests on both spelling and vocabulary! Click here to learn more.

http://www.myspellit.com/index.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/spelling.html Contestants -- that's you! -- in grades 1-8 will listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story. Students in high school will listen to separate sentences and then spell the words from each sentence.

http://www.arcademics.com/games/spelling-bees/spelling-bees.html play against other spellers simple but fun to practice common words. Works on your typing skills too!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games Come in and buzz around our nest of word fun.Find out more about this year’s Spelling Bee or
take a turn at our daily Spelling Quiz.