NMS's 2018 National Geo Bee Competition

Nichols Middle School Geography Bee Finalist Decided

According to the National Geographic Society:
"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 Department Leader Mr. Don Rothemich.  Eight students competed in multiple rounds of competition that involved verbal answers, written answers, and the use of maps.  We have a representative from each of the teams from sixth and seventh grade, and then two representatives from each team in eighth grade (for it is their last chance).  

The 2018 NMS Finalists were:
Daniel Collins - Challengers
James Morrissey - Adventurers
Siya Patel - Explorers
Brett Morse -  Beacons
Tim Johnson - Apollos

Jack LeGendre - Apollos
Nicholas Coe - Comets 

Dale Lyerla -  Comets  

In third place was sixth grade student, James Morrissey.  Eighth Grade students, Nicholas Coe and Dale Lyerla competed in the final championship round.  After three questions, Nicholas proved to be our Geography school champion. Nicholas will take a test online to determine whether he is selected to represent Nichols at the state level championship.

For the other Finalists, it was tough competition, considering this is Nicholas's third year as school champion.  We wish him good luck on his qualifier test!  Awesome job, Nicholas!