STAMFORD, Vt. — A Stamford School student has been named a state semifinalist in the National Geographic State Bee.
Carter Honig, son of Duncan and Marilyn Honig, will compete in the state Bee on Friday, March 27.
This is the second consecutive year the seventh-grader has been eligible to compete as a semifinalist.
This is the second level of the GeoBee competition, which is now in its 27th year. It is sponsored by Google and Plum Creek.
School Bees were held for fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school champion. School champions then took a qualifying test that was submitted to the National Geographic Society.
The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in the state Bees.
Each state champion will receive $100, the National Geographic Atlas of the World, 10th Edition, a medal, and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent their state in the National Geographic Bee on May 11-13. The national champion will receive a $50,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the society. The national champion will also travel (along with one parent or guardian), all expenses paid, to the Galápagos Islands.
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