Nichols Middle School Geography Bee Finalist Decided
"The National Geographic Bee is an annual competition organized by the National Geographic Society, designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Students from 10,000 schools across the United States are competing in the 2017 National Geographic Bee for a chance to win college scholarships and the glory of being the National Geographic Bee Champion."
At Nichols, students competed in seven rounds of competition held on each team for the right to represent their team in the School Championship. The competition was fierce and many students did a great job showing excellent knowledge of World and American Geography.
The school level championship was held in the Middleborough Professional Development Center at Nichols run by NMS Social Studies Departmetn Leader Mr. Don Rothemich. Seven students competed in multiple rounds of competition that involved verbal answers, written answers, and the use of maps.
Ryan Harrington - Challengers
Julia Giovanoni - Adventurers
Alex Von Euw - Explorers
Nicholas Coe - Beacons
Jake Dagesse - Comets
Livon Johnson - Apollos
Margret Philie - Comets
Nicholas Coe and Margaret Philie competed in the final championship round. After three questions both competitors were tied. In a tie breaker round, Nicholas got a difficult question correct that and became our school champion. Nicholas will take a test online to determine whether he is selected to represent Nichols at the state level championship.
This is Nicholas's second year as school champion. We wish him good luck on his qualifier test! Awesome job, Nicholas!
