Goodings
Grove Luther J. Schilling William E. Young William J. Butler
Hadley
Middle Homer Jr. High
Contact:
Charla Brautigam, Communications/Public Relations Manager
cbrautigam@homerschools.org |
708-226-7628
For
Immediate Release:
March 29, 2018
HJH
7th grader advances to State Geographic Bee
To
compete April 6 at Illinois State University
A
Homer Junior High School student has qualified to compete in the 2018 Illinois
National Geographic State Bee.
The student, who took a qualifying test after winning the School Bee
earlier this year, was notified by the National Geographic Society in late
March that he is one of 104 State Bee Semifinalists.
They will compete April 6 in Normal to determine who will advance to the
National Bee in Washington, D.C. in May.
Typical questions include:
1. The Appalachian Mountains
run through which state—Georgia or Mississippi?
A. Georgia
2. The North Platte and South
Platte Rivers meet in which state—New Mexico or Nebraska?
A. Nebraska
A. Nebraska
3. Which state straddles the
Tropic of Cancer—Hawaii or Alaska?
A. Hawaii
A. Hawaii
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