Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Geography Bee



Much like the Spelling Bee in November, it was inevitable that the Geography Bee ultimately came down to a battle between Sam and Sarah Jakubowski. And once again the better candidate won – in this case, it was Sarah.

The questions were painfully easy in the first round. Here is an example: “This Northeastern state is home to the Susquehanna River, as well as cities such as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Name that state.”

The questions got harder pretty quickly. It only took another 2-3 rounds to whittle the field down to Sam and Sarah. Gone were Josh Bidwell, Natalie Sitter, Jacob Grimm, Jennifer Owen, and the others. 
In the end, Sarah definitely deserved to win. Sam missed a pretty easy question about Scandanavia, and another about Canada.

Mrs. Lindenfeldar must have been doing something right to have two great champions in her class this year.


Unfortunately, Sarah was absent on the day later in the year that Sam’s Dad came in to class for a US Geography lesson. She would have really enjoyed it (and helped answer a lot of the questions too).


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