Covid-19 Pandemic Bee Rap
Karen Adams-Rischmann
             
There’s no apparent abracadabra to abolish or alleviate it.
Don’t believe the balderdash that bleach keeps you from breathing it.
Camaraderie from the couch per phone can challenge creativity .
The rules might be draconian but to deviate is dangerous even if you disagree .
In extraordinary times it’s quite expedient to encourage exercise .
Even if you’re feverish , to forfeit fabulous on-line festivities would be unwise.
And be grateful for groceries and activities that do not generate gloom ,
Or heighten hysteria or hasten huge heartbreaking happenstances in your mind’s room.
But stay inquisitive and imagine immense improvement and inevitable inoculation
That will justify the journey past this kerfuffle towards laughter and useful legislation .
Meanwhile in this massive maelstrom of myriad misnomers and fake medications ,
Notwithstanding nausea and nightmares , take necessary steps to remain neighborly
And optimistic , even if the occasionally overwhelming ordeal of home office learning is like an odyssey .

Patience and perseverance are the prescription : penicillin didn’t pop up in a day.
The search for a relevant remedy calls for research with responsibility
And, similarly , superior , studious , scientific --not just surface -- safety
To transcend tremendous trepidation and tolerate conditions which are tumultuous ,
No matter how uncomfortable , to find an urgent , unique , unerring solution that’s unanimous
Among vigilant scientists with veracity on the verge of producing a valuable vaccination --
For the weird but not quixotic quest to come out of this quagmire , that’s the qualification .
And to overcome xenophobia about viruses that might be foreign, not your own,
Express a yearning , through zeal and learning, and maybe Zoom , to rise above your zone .

Materials for the Classroom
To receive the classroom materials please use our contact form below and we will be more than happy to help.
A worksheet on how to run a mini-spelling bee in the classroom.
Spelling Bee 2020 promotional materials (flyers and posters).

To borrow movies about spelling bees to show in the classroom (Akeelah and the Bee, Spellbound), please contact the American Library directly (0721) 7 27 52.

Hosting the Preliminary (Written) Round at Your School
If you would like to host the preliminary (written) round of the American Library Spelling Bee 2020 at your school for your students, please get in touch with the Bee Hive sooner rather than later to help us plan. You must inform us ahead of time in order to participate. What you need to know and do:

• The teacher collects the correctly filled out registration forms and fees and sends them to the Bee Hive.
• Once we have the registration forms and fees, the teacher will receive the written test, answer sheets for the students and personalized certificates of participation for each student.
• The teacher may administer the preliminary test either during school hours as part of the normal curriculum or as an after-school activity.
• The teacher does not correct these tests.
• The time involved in giving the test is less than half an hour.
• The preliminary tests must be returned to the Bee Hive no later than Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 so that we have sufficient time to do corrections.
• If more than 10 students in one class wish to participate in the Spelling Bee 2020, please contact the Bee Hive for a special discount.