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Join INHSA for free

Membership is free and required to compete in the INHSA Homeschool Spelling Bee. Check that your speller meets every rule below, then create your family account further down this page.

How to join

  1. Create your free family account (below).
  2. Confirm your speller meets every requirement (listed below).
  3. Start studying the Words of the Champions list.
  4. Mark your calendar: Saturday, January 9, 2027, at the Idaho Wildlife Museum.

Next homeschool bee

INHSA Homeschool Spelling Bee

  • Idaho Wildlife Museum, Coeur d'Alene · sponsored by the Idaho Character Foundation
  • One winner from each state, Idaho and Washington, advances to the regional bee
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Eligibility

Can my speller compete?

Your speller must meet every rule below. When you register, you confirm that they do.

  • Lives in one of these 10 counties
    Idaho
    • Benewah
    • Bonner
    • Boundary
    • Kootenai
    • Shoshone
    Washington
    • Ferry
    • Lincoln
    • Pend Oreille
    • Spokane
    • Stevens
  • Homeschooled, grades 4–8 Not enrolled in a public, charter, or private (non-homeschool) school.
  • Age and grade limit Has not completed 8th grade, and had not turned 15 by August 31, 2026 (the cutoff for the 2027 national bee).
  • No repeated grades Has not repeated a grade to extend eligibility.
  • Normal school activity Takes at least four courses other than language arts, spelling, Latin, Greek, vocabulary, and etymology, for at least four hours each weekday, in 34 of the school year's 38 weeks.

Before you sign up

  • Membership is free.
  • Membership is required to compete.
  • When you sign up, you confirm your speller meets every rule on this page.
  • Questions about eligibility? Email spellwell@inhsa.org.

After you register

What happens next

  1. Start studying

    Work through the Words of the Champions list and the practice tools on our Resources page.

    Study resources

  2. Come to the bee

    , at the Idaho Wildlife Museum in Coeur d'Alene.

  3. Advance to the regional bee

    One winner from Idaho and one from Washington advance to the Inland Northwest Spelling Bee (opens in a new tab) on , at North Idaho College.

Questions? Email spellwell@inhsa.org

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