MCAEL Spelling Bee

MCAEL's Annual Grown-Up Spelling Bee to Support Adult English Language Programming is held every spring and is our largest single awareness and fundraising event. It is also a fun time to cheer on our teams as they compete! Hope you can join us this year on April 16th.


MCAEL Spelling Bee flyer! The event is on May 3rd from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

MCAEL Spelling Bee

When: Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT 

MCAEL Spelling Bee Location

Where: Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College

7995 Georgia Avenue

Silver Spring, MD 20910 View map


MCAEL Spelling Bee Tickets & Letter Sponsorships

MCAEL Spelling Bee Sponsorship

Why: To support adult English language programming in Montgomery County! To become a Spelling Bee sponsor, contact us today!

MCAEL People, Power, and Potential Award

At this year’s Spelling Bee, we will be honoring three inspiring individuals who have made a lasting impact in Montgomery County’s ESOL community. Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 People, Power, & Potential Award!

  • PPP Award Winner Lisa Yost

  • Will You BEE There?

    We are just buzzing with excitement! MCAEL is excited to bring back its Spelling Bee live on April 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College. Mark your calendars now! Join MCAEL staff, board, providers, instructors, community leaders, local businesses and adult learners to raise money for and awareness about English language programs in Montgomery County.


    Visit our Eventbrite site to buy your tickets or sponsor a letter! 


    Ready, Set, S-P-E-L-L!

    Release your inner geek and cheer on teams of three as they compete in the Grown-Up Spelling Bee! The champion team for 2023 was BGE. Will they t-r-i-u-m-p-h or will another team buzz away with the victory?


    What's the Buzz all about?

    There are over 134,000 adults in Montgomery County who indicate they could benefit from English classes. Your support makes more ESOL teaching and learning possible. Join the Montgomery Coalition of Adult English Literacy for a r-a-m-b-u-n-c-t-i-o-u-s evening to support Adult English Literacy.


    The Place to Bee:

    Be a part of our hive of spectators and enjoy a fun night of food, cocktails, spelling and p-h-i-l-a-n-t-h-r-o-p-y! Whip out your phone and be ready to tweet. Audience participation is part of the fun #MCAELSpellingBee24


    Invite your friends, colleagues, help us spread the buzz!


    Purchase a Letter!

    If you want to go above and beyond purchasing a ticket and make a bigger impact this option is for you! Additionally, this is a great way to market your business, honor a loved one, and of course support MCAEL. Your letter purchase helps MCAEL reach and retain more learners. Both Gold and Silver letter sponsors will receive acknowledgement in our materials. 




    Thanks to our 2024 Spelling Bee Sponsors:

    Honey Bee ($3,000+)

    Montgomery College

    Adventist Healthcare

    BGE

    Burness

    MoCo360

    The Universities at Shady Grove

    Carpenter Bee ($1,500+)

    Doris & Sanford Slavin Foundation

    a component fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation

    Lerch Early & Brewer

    National Cooperative Bank

    Streamline Management

     Event Sponsors ($500+)

    Rodgers Consulting

    Saggar & Rosenberg

    Streamline Management

    Tenleytown Lawn & Landscape

    Individual Sponsors ($500+)

    Stacey Fannon

    Michelle Hainbach
    Alex & Catalina Parkinson

    Stacy & Mark Parkinson

    Craig & Denise Pernick

    Joan Schaffer

    Rivka Yerushalmi

    Are you interested in bee-ing a sponsor? 

    We'd love it!!  Contact us!

    Looking for our 2024 Sponsorship Packet?

    Download Here

    Take a peek at last year's fun-filled Spelling Bee event! 

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