Registered schools    37 schools

• Axis Int’l
• Bechtel Elementary School
• Canadian Academy
• Canadian Int’l School　Elem. School
• Canadian Int’l School　Junior High School
• Columbia Int’l School
• Fukuoka Int’l School
• Global Indian Int’l School
• Gyosei Int’l School Primary School
• Gyosei Int’l School Junior High
• Hiroo Gakuen
• Hiroshima Int’l School
• Horizon Japan Int’l School
• India Int’l School in Japan Elem. School
• India Int’l School in Japan Middle School
• Int’l School of the Sacred Heart
• International Secondary School
• Jack N. Darby Elementary
• K. International School Tokyo
• KAIS Int’l School
• Kaiyo Academy
• Kakegawa Int’l Christian School
• Katoh Gakuen
• Makuhari Int’l School
• Marist Brothers Int’l School
• Matthew C. Perry Elementary School
• Nagoya Int’l School
• Okinawa Christian School Int’l Elementary School
• Okinawa Christian School Int’l Middle School
• Santa Maria Int’l School
• Shirley Lanham Elementary School
• Stearley Heights Elementary School
• The Montessori School of Tokyo
• Tokyo YMCA Int’l School
• Tsukuba Int’l School
• Yokota Middle School
• Yokota West Elementary School

*There will be one 20 minute break during the contest

Each school:  School Champion + 4 attendees in the audience
These attendees can be a mixture of parents/school faculty/friends etc…
Please send us your numbers by March 2nd so that we can arrange our hall space.
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STUDY AID
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We would like to introduce our new IT sponsor, Qooco Japan.
Qooco Japan will provide iSpell which is a preparation tool for the Spelling Bee.
The free trial website will be made available very soon.
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USTREAM
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The Japan Times plans to broadcast the bee in real time using Ustream. We cannot do this however if we don’t have permission from all schools. If you do not want Ustream to be used at the bee on March 10th then you must let us know as soon as possible. Your decision will be treated in the strictest confidence. If you are happy for us to use Ustream then you don’t need to do anything.
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DRESS CODE
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We do not have a strict dress code, but we recommend spellers dress at least smart casual to represent their school on the day.
Please reply to the issues in red above.

• Date : March 10, 2012
• Location : Japan Times  Nifco Hall (4-5-4 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo ) TENTATIVE

◆ Enrollment and Registration Fee

Schools are required to register at the Scripps National Spelling Bee website ( spellingbee.com ) and The Japan Times Bee website as well.

1. Name of key spelling contact
2. E-mail address  – We will send the information about The Japan Times Bee to the registered e-mail address.
3. Phone number
4. School’s name
5. School’s address  – Schools on U.S. military bases need to provide us with U.S. address and the Japanese mailing address.

Please follow the directions on the Scripps National Spelling Bee website
and remit the registration fee to the spelling coordinator no later than the deadlines below.
The Japan Times will be accepting 1 winning speller from each registered school.
*Please note that 1 registration fee only entitles you to send 1 speller.  In the case that your school has more than one part, for example an elementary and middle school, then you will need to register these seperately and pay 2 registration fees if you want to send a winning speller from each to our Japan Times Bee next year.

◊　Registration  fee  ◊

US$109.-    (Deadline : October 17, 2011)

Encyclopædia Britannica is offering TWO freeone-year gift subscriptions to Britannica Online for Kids (a $69.95 value each) for schools that enroll by September 30.

We will have a late enrollment period from October 18 through December 16 in which $75 per school late fee will apply. 

*Please note that schools need to be registered at the Scrips National Spelling Bee website and The Japan Times no later than the above deadline.
*The Bee sets participants’ maximum grade level at the eighth grade.
The speller must not have passed beyond the eighth grade on or before February 1, 2012.
The speller must not have reached his/her 15^th birthday on or before August 31, 2011.
The Japan Times sets the minimum grade level at the third grade.
Please see the Eligibility section in the Students and parents category on the Scripps National Spelling Bee website for more detailed information concerning restrictions on grades and ages as well as other restrictions.
Inquiries :
Japan Times Bee Team
E-mail : spellingbee@japantimes.co.jp
The　Japan Times, Ltd.

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