Lincoln Elementary School hosts geographic bee

Ten students from Lincoln Elementary School participated in the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Ashton Manz, a fourth-grader, won first place, Aliza Hoyle, a fourth-grader, won second place and Carter Charlier, a fourth-grader, won third place.

The school-level competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but also cultures, physical features, history and earth science.

The National Geographic Society developed the GeoBee in 1989 in response to concern about the lack of geographic knowledge among young people in the United States. Over more than three decades, 120 million students have learned about the world through participation in the GeoBee.

School champions, include Ashton Manz, will take an online qualifying test; up to 100 of the top test scorers in each state then become eligible to compete in their State GeoBee. The winners of the State GeoBees receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington, D.C., next May to participate in the GeoBee national championship, competing for cash prizes, scholarships, and an all-expenses-paid Lindblad expedition to the Galapagos Islands about the National Geographic Endeavour II. Learn more at www.natgeobee.org.