March 15, 2006
Clark University to host National Geographic Bee State Finals March 31
Worcester, Mass. - Fourth- through eighth-grade students representing over 80 different towns and cities in Massachusetts will compete in the state final of the National Geographic Bee, from 8 a.m. to noon, Friday, March 31, in the Daniels Theater in Atwood Hall at Clark University (registration will be from 8-8:30 a.m.). The final round will begin at 10:30 a.m. and the awards presentation will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Clark University Provost David Angel will give the opening address at 8:30 a.m. Dorothy Verheyen, a teacher from Quabbin Regional High School, is moderating the final round.
More than one hundred students who have already successfully faced school-level and qualifying competitions will vie for the state championship, a $100 prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the national finals on May 23-24. Both the second and third place students will also receive cash prizes, and all three will receive World Globes. The national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship.
For more information, contact Clark University's Teachers Center for Global Studies at 508-793-7696.
The National Geographic Society developed the National Geographic Bee in 1989
in response to concern for the lack of geographic knowledge among young people
in the United States. To learn more about the Geo Bee, you can visit the following
online: www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee.