Team Spelling Bee: Practice Session!

Spelling bee program design by Sister Marilyn Doerger!

Team Spelling: 1st Invitational Spelling Bee!!

Sister Marilyn

1st Invitational Spelling Bee

On Friday, May 24th , St. Leonard is having their First Invitational Spelling Bee. We have challenged Bethany Village to a Spelling Bee this year and they have accepted the challenge. It will take place in the auditorium and all are welcome. Do come to cheer on St. Leonard’s industrious residents who have been in our Campus-Wide Spelling Bees for one, two or three years now and are ready, willing and anxious to display their spelling ability. Come swell the crowd! Refreshments will be served.

Sister Marilyn (formerly Sister Christine) Spelling Moderator



Team Spelling Bee: Practice Session!

Sister Christine Doerger practices with the spelling bee team as they prepare for future championships!

Team Spelling Bee: Spelling Club Invitation!

Spellers…Spellers!!! We’re looking for those residents who enjoy spelling and would like to gather to have some fun with WORDS. I know there are many spellers in our midst; you may be one of them, so why not consider the Spelling Club? This is a great intellectual Vital Life activity—it definitely keeps your mind alert! It has been in operation for over two years now, but we’re getting into full swing for the third year and would like to invite other residents to join us. Now would be a good time to join this very exciting, mind-challenging activity. Think about it. We look at and study many new and challenging words as well as everyday words and the most commonly misspelled words in the English language. Come see for yourself and experience the thrill of being able to spell some very unique words. We do have a good time, and who knows, you may even decide to be in the 3rd Annual Campus-Wide Spelling Bee in April of 2013. You do not, however, have to be in the Spelling Bee to join the club, but you are certainly welcome. That will be your decision. You can join the Spelling Club now or at any time throughout the year. Watch the calendars for the time and place. Our first gathering for this year is Friday, August 17th, at 11:15 a.m. in JBR. At that time new lists of words will be distributed. Call me at 212-4484 if you have any questions. We hope to see you there.


Sister Christine Doerger Spelling Moderator

Team Intellectual Wellness: Spelling Bee!

St. Leonard's 2nd Annual Campus-wide Spelling Bee took place on May 18th with eleven of St. Leonard's greatest spellers participating.  They proudly displayed their skill after a year of study and participation in a Spelling Club.  The co-champions are Gay and Eleanor.  Congratulations, Gay and  Eleanor!

~Program design by Sister Christine

Team Intellectual Wellness: Campus Wide Spelling Bee!

2nd Annual Campus-Wide Spelling Bee

On Friday, May 18 at 1:30 p.m. a campus-wide Spelling Bee will take place here at St. Leonard.  It will take place in the Auditorium and all are welcome to come and cheer on these industrious residents who have been in a Spelling Club for a year or so now and are ready, willing and anxious to display their spelling ability.  Come swell the crowd!

Sister Christine Doerger -- Spelling Moderator

Team Spelling Bee: Practice Session!

St. Leonard is getting ready for their annual Campus-wide Spelling Bee, which will be on Friday, May 18th. Here are pictures of our independent residents who meet weekly at JBR, Joseph Bernardin Residence. Their enthusiam and hard work are preparing them for competition among themselves as well as with Assisted Care residents. The Spelling Club was begun two years ago by employee Sister Christine Doerger, Wellness Assistant.

Team Intellectual Wellness: Campus-Wide Spelling Bee

St. Leonard's 1st Annual Campus-Wide Spelling Bee, which took place on March 24, 2011, was a real success story! It was a success because of the efforts of the spellers as well as the involvement of so many. Community spirit and support were so evident with the entire St. Leonard Community being involved: transportation, kitchen staff, administration and in-house TV, wellness/activities and nursing staffs, environmental and marketing staffs, volunteers, photographer, families, friends, neighbors of the spellers and the spellers themselves. All added to the success of the Bee. Sister Christine Doerger, spelling moderator, initiated a Spelling Club a year ago with the purpose of having fun with words while keeping the minds of the residents alert. Working with each resident's inherent capabilities and giving clues and different examples of ways to remember how to spell difficult words and getting the entire St. Leonard Community involved were her goals. The goals seem to have been accomplished. The excitement and feelings of self-esteem during and after the Spelling Bee were so evident. For example, when given a certificate for participation one resident enthusiastically said, "I'm a winner! Another echoed: "I'm a winner, too!" with pride in their accomplishment. Everyone, spellers and spectators, truly enjoyed this first time special event!

Team Intellectual Wellness: Campus-Wide Spelling Bee

Congratulations!

Co-Champions!

Virginia Crane and Eleanor Sensel

Team Intellectual Wellness: Campus-Wide Spelling Bee

The spellers were engaged to pronounce the word to the judges before spelling it and after spelling it. The spellers must utter each letter distinctly and with sufficient volume...

Team Intellectual Wellness: Campus-Wide Spelling Bee

The final competitors for the Spelling Bee

Team Intellectual Wellness: Campus-Wide Spelling Bee!

The Spelling Bee brought visitors near and far!

Team Intellectual Wellness: Campus-Wide Spelling Bee!

The first annual St.Leonard Spelling Bee championship began with members from all over campus competing year-long for this final championship!

Team Intellectual Wellness: Spelling Bee!