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 advance to the next level.
State competition:
Up to 100 students in each state advace to the state competition. The winner of the state competition qualifies for the next level.
National competition:
The National Championships take place in Washington, D.C. in the spring of the year.
School Geo Bee
This year students in grades 4-8 participated in the 2018 National Geographic Bee. All students competed at grade levels in order to narrow the field to 10 for the school wide bee which was held on Wednesday, December 13
th.
The following students represented their grade levels at the competition. Congratulations to Eric X. & Colton O. (4W), Matthew M. (5L), Tucker V.(5K), Shreemayi U. (6S), Vincent H. (6O), Chase M. (7), Jack S. (7), Jack H. (8) and Henry J. (8) for participating in the school competition.
After the final round of questions, the field was narrowed down to the two finalists: Chase M. (7) and Henry J. (8). These two students competed in the championship round. Both students did a wonderful job! Congratulations to Henry for winning the St. Mary’s School Geography Bee!
In January, Henry will take a state qualifying test. If he places within the top 100 students in the state of Minnesota, he will earn the right to compete at the state bee. Good luck, Henry!