Thank you, AGAIN, to SCS students from grades 4 - 8 for participating in the 2020 National Geographic Bee at Shelburne Community School!
We have crowned a school champion:
Nolan Sandage
With honors to our runners-up:
2nd place: Tia Natale
3rd place: Gretta White
Here is a quick recap:
There were 9 students from grades 4 through 8 who qualified for the SCS school championship:
Elise Berger
Tucker Tharpe
Tia Natale
Nolan Sandage
Calvin Malaney
Simon Hunt
Theo Rosenau
Gretta White
Julia Shrier
Questions during the championship ranged from U.S. to world geography. Each round of questions was challenging and required skills in physical, political, cultural, and cartographic (map-based) geography.
After several rounds of geography questions the field was ultimately narrowed to two students in a championship round: Tia Natale and Nolan Sandage.
In a best-of-three question format, the two students were tied going into the final question:
Nolan answered correctly (United Kingdom) for a well-earned win!
From here Nolan takes a digital qualifying test in the hopes of moving to the Vermont state championship.
Congratulations to all finalists, and great work to every student in SCS who was involved with the 2020 Geography Bee.
Looking ahead: for students who are interested in geography, join the SCS Geo Bee Club!
This meets on Fridays during middle school lunch (12:40 - 1:20) in Mr. Nelson’s classroom (on Yellow team). Each week students bring lunches and we play geography games, practice trivia, and prepare for the Vermont Geo Bee competition that happens in April. This team is open-invite and works as a team-style competition where between 4 and 6 team members compete against other schools!
The SCS Geo Bee Club is already underway so feel free to join us on Fridays!