The Harker Conservatory presents the Tony Award-winning musical "The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee" in four performances, March 25-27. "An eclectic group of teens vie for the spelling championship while candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, spelling their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box." (mtishows.com) Tickets on sale four weeks before the event.

The Harker School is a non-profit, private K-12 school in Silicon Valley that has earned international recognition for its top academics, quality teachers and students' achievements. Founded in 1893, Harker is the largest independent school of its kind in California, with a dedicated campus for each of its divisions – elementary school, middle school and upper school – in San Jose, Calif.