Last month students in grades 4-8 participated in the National Geographic Bee in their social studies classes.  Grade level geography bee winners were determined by seven rounds of questions.  Each round focused on different aspects of geography, such as U.S. geography, continents, world's largest cities, and cultural geography.

Winning the bee for the entire grade was a great accomplishment for each of the following students: Juan Pablo I. (4); Annemarie B. (5), Phoebe D. (6), Matthew W. (7) and Nikhil E. (8).  These students then advanced to the school-level final round of the National Geographic Bee that was held recently.  Here are the results:  Annemarie B. (runner up) and 2009 OTS National Geographic Bee Winner:  Nikhil E.

As our school winner, Nikhil recently took the qualifying test for the state bee.  As many as 100 of the highest scoring students will be invited to represent their school at the state bee later this spring.  Congratulations again to all of these students!