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Sunrise Student Named 2011 National Geographic Bee State Semifinalist
Sixth-grader Riley Baynham is a step closer to representing Washington state at the National bee.
The National Geographic Society has named Riley Baynham, a sixth grader at Sunrise Elementary School, as a 2011 Geographic Bee semifinalist. Riley is now eligible to compete in the 2011 Washington Geographic Bee, set for April 1 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. The National Geographic Society, Google and Plum Creek sponsor the Washington Geographic Bee.
The state winner will receive $100 and a trip to Washington, D.C., for the national finals at the National Geographic Society headquarters, held on May 24 and 25.
Geographic Bees were held in schools with fourth through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school’s Geographic Bee winner. School-level winners then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society.
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In each of the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, and the U.S. territories, the National Geographic Society invited the students with the top 100 scores to compete at the state level.
Click here to take a Geographic Bee study test.
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