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Free Bilingual Online Literacy Apps for Riverside County Families
As part of the Literacy by 5th Grade Initiative, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin Gomez is providing free access to a suite of bilingual learning programs for all students in Riverside county.
From pre-reading activities and read-to-you stories, to alphabet recognition songs and grammar rules games, these interactive, new tools from Footsteps2Brilliance are now available to our youngest learners 24/7.
- Go to www.myf2b.com/riverside.
- Click the Register for Free Today button.
- Enter your home zip code and click the Check my Zip Code button.
- Select your school district from the options provided.
- Click the Register in English or Registrarse en español button.
- Follow the prompts to complete your child’s registration.
For more information, please see our recent press releases:
Can Riverside County Students Read Three Million Words This Spring? - 2/24/2022
RCOE Offers Free Access to Interactive, Early Literacy Program, Footsteps2Brilliance - 1/26/2022
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Avijeet Randhawa Wins 45th Riverside County Spelling Bee
The 7th grade student from Auburndale Intermediate School in the Corona-Norco Unified School District, follows in the footsteps of his older sisters, and will represent Riverside County at the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee
MORENO VALLEY – When Avijeet Randhawa correctly spelled the word “forbs” in the 25th round of the 45th Riverside County Spelling Bee on Thursday, March 23, at the Moreno Valley Conference and Recreation Center, he ensured that the title of Riverside County Spelling Bee Champion would remain in the Randhawa family for the 7th year in a row.
Following in the footsteps of his older sisters, Lara (2021 and 2022 champion), and Aisha (2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 champion), Avijeet will now represent Riverside County at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland from May 28 to June 2, 2023.
A total of 27 Riverside County students competed in the event by spelling words ranging from “scrivener” and “gypsophila”, to “kookaburra” and “limpa” over nearly three hours of competition.
Victoria Michael-Taiwo, a 4th grade student from Tuscany Hills Elementary School in Lake Elsinore Unified School District, was the runner-up. Profess Adhikari, a 6th grade student from River Springs Charter School, finished 3rd, and Ryan Scott, a 7th grade student from Eric Stanley Gardner Middle School in the Temecula Valley Unified School District finished 4th.
(From L to R) Third place finisher Profess Adhikari, first place finisher Avijeet Randhawa, second place speller Victoria Michael-Taiwo, and fourth place competitor Ryan Scott.
In the 24th round, Victoria Michael-Taiwo misspelled “consilient”, and Avijeet Randhawa correctly spelled “kickshaw”. In the final round, Randhawa correctly spelled “forbs”, a plural noun that describes herbs other than grass.
“My sisters said ‘Don’t feel anxious. Keep on breathing, focus, and no matter what, keep on going,” Avijeet said. “The moment when I was most nervous, I could feel my heart beating, but I took deep breaths like my dad told me and I was able to get the spelling.”
“One of the hardest words was ‘forbs’, because, in Greek, that first sound is usually ‘ph’. But, then I remembered about five months ago, my sister quizzed me on it, and we went over it because it was an exception,” Avijeet said.
Avijeet described his typical day of studying 500-800 words every day. Ahead of the Scripps National Bee, his strategy will be to up his words per day to 800-1000 or higher.
“I’m feeling excited and happy, and can’t wait to go to the competition in Washington, D.C.,” Avijeet said immediately following the competition and awards ceremony.
Avijeet also shared championship-level advice for other students interested in competitive spelling.
“It takes a lot of work, but if you keep going at it, you’ll be able to do it,” Avijeet said. “I am really thankful for my parents’ and siblings’ help, and I couldn’t have done it without them.”
The 2023 Riverside County Spelling Bee marked the return to an in-person competition after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event’s cancellation in 2020, and the 2021 and 2022 events were held virtually.