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Prize
Winners/
Picture
Gallery 1/Picture Gallery 2
The 2006 New
Hampshire regional Educational
Bee contests for Indian American
children concluded on Saturday,
March 25 at the
New Hampshire
Community Technical College in
Manchester, N.H. The Spelling
and Vocabulary Bees were held on
Saturday March 18, while the
Math, Geography and Essay
contests were held on March 25.
This was more like a community
event that included well
coordinated activities to fill
the day.
North South
Foundation (NSF) Manchester and
the Indian Association of New
Hampshire (IANH) organized the
event.
The event saw as
many as 115 children
participating in all contests.
Many of the children
participated in multiple
events. Thanks to Shishubarathi
and Kumon Center of Nashua for
their sponsorship.
The proceedings
began at about 9am with a
cheerful crowd of enthusiastic
children and their anxious,
encouraging parents. Various
teams of volunteers managed the
events that took place in
parallel in the different rooms
of the venue.
The parents
patiently waited the entire day
while the children participated
in various events. Parents were
invited to a seminar organized
by the Public Service Committee
while they waited in the
lounge. The talk by experts in
the family connection area
provided useful information to
raise awareness of social issues
in our community. There were
numerous breaks in between
contests when the children
enjoyed the delicious snacks
provided by the Shishubarathi
team.
The event
continued until 3 pm on each day
of the contest after which the
participants and winners were
felicitated in a well-attended
ceremony, with all the children
being awarded participation
certificates and medals.,.
The winners in
individual categories were
congratulated by the organizers
and handed their winning
certificates and medals. All
participants received medals and
certificates. Winners will
receive trophies donated by
Kumon Center at the Spring
Festival scheduled for Saturday
May 6 at the Merrimack High
School.
The Spelling and
Geography Bee (which was
introduced this year) were
divided into two main categories
by grades, the Junior and
Senior, which specified separate
grade ranges for the contest.
The Vocabulary and Essay Bee had
an additional category,
the Intermediate. The Spelling,
Vocabulary and Geography Bees
had two phases, Phase I and
Phase II, wherein the nature of
the task progressed from the
written to the oral. Scores for
participants were totaled over
the two phases. The Math Bee
contests were divided into three
levels by age groups.
All proceeds from
this event will go to the North
South Foundation, which provides
scholarships for needy children
in India.
Parents can
obtain the percentile scores
from the following link:
http://www.northsouth.org/app2/DisplayPercentiles.htm
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