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Baker Prairie Geography Bee
On Friday, January 13, the annual Baker Prairie Geography Bee, part of the National Geography Bee, took place as a school assembly. Kayla Davis, an eighth grade student emerged as the school champion.
12 finalists, six from seventh grade and six from eighth grade competed for the championship.
Kayla will represent our school at the Oregon Geography Bee at Western Oregon University in April. The Oregon champion will be entered in the National Geography Bee in Washington D.C. in May to compete for a $25,000 scholarship (and to meet Alex Trebek of Jeopardy). Last year the Oregon champion finished second in the nation and earned a $10,000 scholarship. Not too bad.
The judges for the Geo Bee included John Baker, Canby Herald Editor, Andrea Weber, Canby School Board member, and Lynn Wiltshire, Baker Prairie PTSA President.
Thank you to the Baker Prairie PTSA and the Canby Herald for their support of this year’s Geo Bee. Thank you, also, to the National Geographic Society and Oregon Geographic Alliance for sponsoring the annual bee.
All finalists received a Geo Bee T-shirt, National Geography Bee Certificates, and a hard cover book from National Geographic Society.
Finally, a new tradition begins at Baker Prairie. Each year the winner of the annual Geography Bee will have his or her name engraved on the official National Geography Bee plaque to be displayed at our school. The plaque was purchased by the Baker Prairie PTS ... -
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