William Paterson University Will Host 67th
Annual North Jersey Spelling Bee, Presented by The Record and Herald
News
The 67th annual North Jersey Spelling Bee, an event that promotes
middle school students’ communication skills and interest
in word usage, will be held at William Paterson University in Wayne.
The final spelling bee will be held on March 22 at 6 p.m. in the
Machuga Student Center Ballroom.
The Herald News has sponsored this event since its inception in
1935. It is the only local program affiliated with the Scripps Howard
National Spelling Bee. The Record became a co-sponsor of the event
in 1999. “The bees are considered an educational enhancement
program and therefore are part of the literacy programs sponsored
by the Herald News and The Record,” said Diane Haines, community
relations manager of the North Jersey Media Group, the publisher
of both newspapers.
Spelling Bee participants include sixth through eighth grade students,
enrolled in public and private schools in Bergen, Essex, Morris,
Sussex and Passiac counties. Home-schooled children can also enter
through their home-school associations. The North Jersey Spelling
Bee champion receives a weeklong, all-expenses-paid trip to the
Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., an engraved
plaque and a personal computer, courtesy of P.C. Richard & Son.
The champion’s school also receives a plaque and is allowed
to display the Fred A. Stehle Memorial Trophy until next year’s
winner is declared.
William Paterson University, one of the nine stage colleges and
universities in New Jersey, offers 30 undergraduate and 19 graduate
programs through five colleges: Arts and Communication, Business,
Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Health.
Located on the 370 hilltop acres in Wayne, the university enrolls
approximately 11,200 students and provides housing for nearly 2,300
students. The institution’s 363 full-time faculty are highly
distinguished and diverse scholars and teachers, many of whom are
recipients of prestigious awards and grants from the Fullbright
Program (30 scholars), the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment
for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, the National
Science Foundation and the American Philosophical Society.
- For
Further Information, contact:
- Mary
Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966
3/12/04
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