LUSD district spelling bee is set for October 13, with county rounds to follow

Mountain House students have a district spelling-bee date to put on the October calendar. Lammersville Unified School District's current 2026–27 schedule lists the competition for Tuesday, October 13, in the Mountain House High School Multi-Use Room. Check-in is scheduled for 3:45 p.m., with competition beginning at 4 p.m. Pombo Elementary's separate event entry confirms October 13 and lists a 4–5 p.m. calendar block. The check-in time is useful for participating families: arriving at the competition's advertised starting time would miss the district's earlier arrival instruction.

The district describes a progression through classroom, school-site and district competitions, with grades four through nine eligible to participate in the annual program. Winners at the district stage advance to the San Joaquin County Office of Education competition. This is a qualifying pathway, rather than a general invitation for every student to enter directly on October 13. Families should use their school contact to confirm their child's selection, instructions and attendance arrangements. The public listing does not establish a general spectator policy, so readers should confirm guest access before treating the event as an open community performance.

There is a longer timetable behind the local evening. The district schedule lists the grades four-to-six county final for November 30 and the grades seven-to-nine final for December 2, both with 3:30 p.m. check-in and a 4 p.m. start. SJCOE's current Student Engagement and the Arts page independently lists those same dates, placing each county event at Wentworth Education Center, Burwoods 1 and 2, from 4–6:30 p.m. Those county time blocks are separate from the one-hour district calendar entry. The district also lists the next state competition for April 24, 2027, at Great Wolf Lodge in Manteca.

Local students have reached that wider circuit before. In its April 2025 account of the December 2024 county bee, SJCOE reported that Wicklund Elementary sixth-grader Yuvan Santhosh won the elementary division. Its December 2024 junior-high report named Mountain House High School ninth-grader Rithika Thakur as runner-up. Those are historical results, included to explain the local connection; they are not predictions about this year's field. No October 2026 competitor roster, winning words or results have been verified for this report.

A practical preparation step is to keep the school-issued directions together with the current district schedule. Ask the school which study materials and competition rules apply to its selected participants, whether there are any forms still due, and where families should meet after the event. Generic online word lists or instructions for another spelling-bee organization may not match the local competition. Because the district calendar now explicitly names the 2026–27 season, readers should also be careful with older search results that still display a different October date from the preceding school year.

For Mountain House, this is a chance to follow academic competition with the same care given to sports fixtures: a confirmed venue, an arrival time and a clear route to the next round. The immediate action is to verify the October 13 arrangements with the school, not to assume a county or state place has already been earned. This item is an advance notice supported by current school and district sources; the outcome remains to be reported when an official result is available.

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