2026 MCAEL Spelling Bee Gallery

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!


Take a peek at our 2026 fun-filled Spelling Bee event! 

Thank you to our sponsors, teams, and attendees for making our 11th Annual Spelling Bee un-BEE-lievable!


Thanks to our 2025 Spelling Bee Sponsors:

Honey Bee ($3,000+)

Montgomery College

Burness

Bethesda Magazine | Bethesda Today

Stacy & Mark Parkinson

Joan Schaffer

Carpenter Bee ($1,500+)

Lerch, Early & Brewer

National Cooperative Bank

Denise & Craig Pernick

Sandglass Systems

The Hive ($1,000+)

Michelle & Don Hainbach

Marriott Bethesda Downtown

at Marriott HQ

Tenleytown Lawn & Landscape

Rivka Yerushalmi

Event Sponsor ($500+)

BannerBee Company LLC

CC's Picture Perfect Photo Booth

Ann Miller

Remsberg Inc

SNYDER COHN

Synergy Assurance Group

Thanks to our 2026 Letter Sponsors:

A - F

Leslie Block

Alina Ramirez Joyner

Nicole Silverman

G - J

Jennifer Haydel

Lucy Weymouth

Robert Vieth

K - P

Renee-Lauren Ellis

Kathy Stevens

Andrea Kempner-Wink

Q - Z

Sarah Burnett

Amelie Zurn-Galinsky

Tracy Greenberg

Debbie Jacobs

Chris Hakenkamp