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2025 Character Bee

January 11, 2024Kamala Diefenthaler

Date: April 29, 2025

The Character Bee, similar to a spelling bee, is an opportunity to for CI students to develop mastery of the Chinese characters and participate in a fun and friendly competition.  The event details are found here: https://www.bcic220.org/event/character-bee/.  Volunteers please plan to arrive early.

BCIC is seeking native Mandarin-speakers to serve as judges.  The Character Bee will be organized by grade level.  Judges will serve on a panel with another native Mandarin-speakers and a BHS student-volunteer. Judges will attend a training session prior to the event. All judges must be familiar with the rules and procedures as found here: Character Bee rules and procedures.

We are also seeking BHS CI student or Adult volunteers to serve as hosts and assistants.

  • Hosts will welcome participants and their families, check them in to the Bee and direct them to their room.  Some hosts will set up and oversee the refreshment table.
  • Judges’ assistants will help keep time and keep score (Juniors and Senior BHS students, please)
  • BHS Students are eligible to receive service credit for participating.

Thank you for supporting your CI community and BCIC!

Sign up below...

TaskName
TaskName
Host (Adult or BHS CI students, assist with check-in and refreshment table) 5:15-7pm#1: Kabir V.
#2: Amelia L.
#3: Raghav R.
#4: Chloe C.
#5: (empty) - sign-ups closed
#6: (empty) - sign-ups closed
#7: (empty) - sign-ups closed
#8: (empty) - sign-ups closed
Assistant (Adult or BHS CI Student, help keep time and keep score) 5:15-8pm#1: (empty) - sign-ups closed
#2: (empty) - sign-ups closed
#3: (empty) - sign-ups closed
#4: (empty) - sign-ups closed
1st Grade Judge (Mandarin-speaker or teacher, present Characters and determine if student answers are correct, assist in keeping score) 5:15-7pm#1: Lucia S.
#2: Qi T.
#3: Lin L.
2nd Grade Judge (Mandarin-speaker or teacher, present Characters and determine if student answers are correct, assist in keeping score) 5:15-7pm#1: Liang W.
#2: Lu P.
#3: Zhu Y.
3rd Grade Judge (Mandarin-speaker or teacher, present Characters and determine if student answers are correct, assist in keeping score) 6:15-8pm#1: Shu Z.
#2: Yiming W.
#3: Alice B.
4th Grade Judge (Mandarin-speaker or teacher, present Characters and determine if student answers are correct, assist in keeping score) 6:15-8pm#1: Xia D.
#2: Yi-Jen K.
#3: vivian z.
5th Grade Judge (Mandarin-speaker or teacher, present Characters and determine if student answers are correct, assist in keeping score) 5:00pm-6:30pm#1: Zaoli Z.
#2: Siran W.
#3: Lei Y.
Back Up Judges 5:15-8pm#1: Liu Z.
#2: Mary W.

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