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GLOUCESTER CITY NJ-Saint Mary School would like to congratulate Connor Kain, for winning the local level of the National Geographic Bee. Connor is a student at SMS and is in the 7th Grade.
PHOTO: Connor Kain with his Social Studies teacher Mrs. Caroline Dougherty.
Connor has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2009 New Jersey Geographic Bee. After winning at the local level, Connor then took a qualifying test, which was submitted to the National Geographic Society.
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.
The 2009 New Jersey Geographic Bee will be held at the St. Francis de Sales Parish Life Center in Vernon, NJ, on Friday, April 3, 2009.
The state winner will receive $100, the \”National Geographic Collegiate Atlas of the World,\” and a trip to Washington, D.C., where he/she will represent New Jersey in the national finals at the National Geographic Society headquarters, May 19-20, 2009.
The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000.00 college scholarship and a lifetime membership to the Society. The national winner will also travel (along with one parent or guardian), all expenses paid, to the Galapagos Islands with \”Jeopardy!\” host Alex Trebek and the \”Jeopardy!\” Clue Crew. The winner will experience geography firsthand through up-close encounters with the wildlife and landscape of Galapagos.
PHOTO: Connor Kain with his parents Mike and Mary Kain
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