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For information on the National Geographic Bee,
go to
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographicbee


The 2009 Pennsylvania Geographic Bee—the state level of the National Geographic Bee—took place on Friday, April 3, 2009 at Penn State University's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences in Deike and Walker Buildings and the Hetzel Union Building.

2009 National Geographic Bee at a Glance (pdf file)

2009 PA Geographic Bee Winner press release (pdf file)

Congratulations to the winners of the
2009 Pennsylvania Geographic Bee:

These ten amazing students earned perfect scores during the preliminary competition of the Geographic Bee, eliminating the need to have a tie-breaker competition in order to determine the ten finalists.

2009 Top Ten Pennsylvania Geographic Bee Finalists
Place Student School City
1 Henry G. Glitz
St. Bernard School Pittsburgh
2 Varun R. Kumar
Germantown Academy Fort Washington
3 Swata Alagar North Pittsburgh Home Educators Pittsburgh
4 James Kolakowski Our Lady's Christian School Erie
5 Chason Goldfinger Valley Forge Middle School Wayne
6 Gabriel Savercool North Rome Christian Academy Ulster
7 Patrick Champagne Eyer Middle School Macungie
8 (tie) Kate Evanko Pocopson Elementary School West Chester
8 (tie)
Ira Lauer Spring Grove Middle School Spring Grove
8 (tie)
Nicholas Mattes Good Hope Middle School Mechanicsburg


Seventh-grader Henry Glitz
will represent Pennsylvania
at the National Geographic Bee finals
in Washington, DC, May 19-20, 2009

Congratulations, Henry!

Pennsylvania Geographic Bee Coordinator:
Jodi Vender
Department of Geography
The Pennsylvania State University
302 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802

(814) 863-5730
jvender@psu.edu


Future State Bee dates:

  • 2010 - Friday, April 9
  • 2011 - Friday, April 1
 
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