District 206 winners named at geography bee

Forty elementary students in grades 4-6 took part in the annual elementary geography bee on December 7 at Woodland Elementary School in Alexandria.

One student from each District 206 4th-6th grade classroom was selected by one of the following methods: a current events/geography quiz, a classroom geography bee, social studies grades, etc.

The purpose of the event is to determine building winners for each elementary school (one winner is chosen for the GMC – Garfield, Miltona, Carlos schools) and one district winner.

Of the 40 students participating, 12 advanced to the oral round: Zach Mikkelson, Jon Hubred, Gordy Schwarz and Alex Jost, Lincoln; Luke Anderson and Adam Klepetka, Woodland; Amanda Bittmann, Hunter Rebrovich and Jaymeson Wolkow, Voyager; Beau Granning, Garfield; Emily Hagel, Miltona; and Ryan Forster, Carlos.

From the oral round of the competition, five students advanced to the final round: Wolkow, Rebrovich, Hubred, Jost and Mikkelson.

Of those five students, Hubred, 6th grader from Lincoln Elementary, was crowned district champion. He correctly answered the question, “What city in Tennessee is home to the National Civil Rights Museum, located at the site where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated?” with a response of Memphis to claim the title. Jost was runner-up.

Building winners were Beau Granning, Jon Hubred, Luke Anderson and Hunter Rebrovich. These students will have their names put on the Geography Bee plaque located in their school.

They will also take a written qualifying test attempting to become one of the top 100 students to compete in the State Geography Bee later this winter.

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