Schools invited to compete in Geographic Bee

September 9, 2011

Marmian Grimes

Nancy Tarnai
907-474-5042
9/9/11

Registration is now open for the annual Geographic Bee for fourth- through eighth-graders in Alaska schools and homeschool associations.

School bees are held from November through January and the Alaska state bee is March 30th. One winner from each state gets to attend the national meet in Washington, D.C. in May 2012.

Visit www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/ for more information and registration instructions. The deadline for early registration is Oct. 15th.

The Alaska Geographic Bee is sponsored by the UA Geography Program and the Alaska Geographic Alliance.

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