Comments on: Metamorphosis. Ophthalmologist. Surveillance.

By: Katy Murphy

Katy Murphy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:23:43 +0000

Thanks for bringing that up, Alison. I’ve actually asked a parent for details so that I could put them on the blog before the concert. If you have a list of participating schools, feel free to send them to me at kmurphy@bayareanewsgroup.com.

If you or someone else plans to take photos, I can post them as well, afterward.

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:20:12 +0000

Glad to see that you covered the spelling bee–are you going to cover the Jazz Fest at Oakland Tech on Thursday at 6:30? I’ve heard it’s a great concert!

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:17:14 +0000

Not sure if the OUSD bee sends its spellers on to the regional/national bees or not, but for the national Scripps Howard bee, the cutoff is grade eight, so most schools don’t allow students older than that to compete.

By: Debora

Debora — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:11:28 +0000

Linnea Gullickson is one of our students. She is interesting and interested. She is one of those students that Nextset refers to about public speaking skills. She’s a little on the shy side, you wouldn’t necessarily peg her as a leader. But, if you take the time to get to know her, you find an articulate, bright, kind person who is just the kind of leader that makes you want to join her.

Congratulations Linnea! Our school is very proud of you for your accomplishment and for being the very person you are to your friends, classmates, parents and teachers.

By: Nextset

Nextset — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:23:06 +0000

Katy: The Spelling Bees serve a similar purpose as Drama – they are a competition, they are public speaking, they require and promote skills in reading, verbalization, vocal skills, etc. Plus they give the parents an opportunity to show up and cheer.

It’s interesting to me to see the foreign immigrants moving to the forefront here. I don’t see “black” names in the list of students. Where are the Nigerians? Our public schools need to build this up as a “Sport”. It fits neatly into the slimmer budgets.

In another year, the public school football money will be gone and I hope the cheerleaders shift over to the lower costing Spelling Bees.

Go team, Go!

By: Katy Murphy

Katy Murphy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:37:51 +0000

I always thought spelling bees were for younger kids, but maybe I’m wrong.

By: Mr. Ellison

Mr. Ellison — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:42:20 +0000

I was at the spelling bee. Very fun but had a heart attack when the first participant spelled pencil…p…i….n…c…..i…..l
but it got better from there.

By: Javier

Javier — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:07:46 +0000

Is there not a high school version of this, or do all these kids jump ship to o dowd.