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National Geographic Bee
Each year St. Mary's School participates in the National Geographic Bee using the materials provided and prepared by the National Geographic Society. The bee is designed to challenge and motivate students to learn more about our world and its cultures.
3 Levels of Competition
School competition:
All SMS students in grades 4-8 participate in the preliminary round of the competition. The classroom winners of the preliminary round advace to the final competion at SMS. Ten students participate until a school winner is determined. The school winner takes a state qua lifying test to determine if they compete at the next level.
State competion:
Up to 100 students in each state advace to the state competion. The winner of the state competition qualifies for the next level.
National competion:
The National Championships take place in Washington, D.C. in the spring of the year.
Our school competition was held on January 4, 2017
in the school cafeteria.
The following students represented their grade levels at the competition. Congratulations to Tucker (4B), Matthew (4W), Vincent (5L), Matthew (5K), Jack (6M), Noah (6G), Katie (7), Henry (7), Joe (8) and Laura (8) for participating in the school competition.
After nine rounds of questions, the field was narrowed down to the two finalists: Matthew (5K) and Henry (7). These two students competed in the championship round. Both students did a wonderful job! It took 13 rounds of questions to determine the winner. Congratulations to Matthew for winning the St. Mary’s School Geography Bee!
Congratulations Matthew!