By JEN COWART Park View Middle School has been on the National Geographic Bee's map for more than two decades. On Jan. 10, the school continued its tradition of holding a local GeoBee as part of the national event. Before an audience of staff members
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Park View Middle School has been on the National Geographic Bee’s map for more than two decades.
On Jan. 10, the school continued its tradition of holding a local GeoBee as part of the national event. Before an audience of staff members and peers, eight students vied for the school’s top honors and a trip to the statewide competition to be held this spring.
The eight competitors earned a spot on the stage by winning at the team level. They were Bella Meek, Jason Barrera, Brady Croke, Nathaniel Dixon, David Gomez, Simone Pellegrino, Samuel Visich, Brian Zhu and David Gomez, who was last year’s school winner.
The competition included both a final round and a championship round, and the questions required students to give verbal or written answers testing their knowledge of geography. They had 15 seconds to answer each question and just two chances to have a question repeated for clarity. Once a student answered two questions incorrectly, they were eliminated from the competition.
The questions covered topics such as state capitals, mountain ranges and worldwide geography. Participants were asked to utilize their critical thinking skills and apply them to real-life situations, including through a question that asked them to look at a map and determine which of four areas would be best suited to housing a fruit and vegetable garden based on factors such as proximity to water and the amount of sunlight.
After less than an hour of competition, three students – Barrera, Dixon and Gomez – remained on stage. Dixon then bowed out, leaving Barrera and Gomez to compete for top honors. In the end, Barrera, a student from the All Stars team, emerged as the winner.
Barrera will represent the school at the Rhode Island GeoBee on March 29. The winner at that level will move on to compete at the national competition, which will be held in Washington, D.C., in May. The winner of the national competition will earn both a college scholarship and a prize trip.
For more information about the National Geographic Bee, visit sites.google.com/site/rhodeislandstatebee.
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