LESTER PRAIRIE GEOGRAPHY BEE

To visit the ruins of Persepolis, an ancient ceremonial capital of Persia, you would have to travel to what present-day country?  Students were quizzed with similar questions as Lester Prairie School District held its annual Geography Bee for students in grades 4-8.  The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.  Students in grades 4-8 are eligible for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic knowledge.  The list of participants included:  Delaney Sebora, Blake

Krienke – 4^th Grade, Anna Litzau, Taylor Ebert – 5^th Grade, Emily Rademacher, Logan Krone – 6^th Grade, Tyler Scheevel, Erik Hentges – 7^th Grade, Andrew Jackson and Wyatt Teubert – 8^th Grade. The winning Geography Bee Champion was Erik Hentges from grade 7, while putting in a tough battle and finishing as the runner-up was Delaney Sebora in grade 4.  As the champion, Erik will take a written test in January that will be submitted to National Geographic, who sponsors and runs the Geography Bee.  Acting as judges, reader, and coordinator for the event were Jocelynn Buckentin (high school social studies teacher), Jeremy Schmidt (K-12 principal), Dave Klitzke (Coordinator), Cathy Houg (5th grade teacher).  The second round of the bee will be at St. Cloud State University on April 4th, 2014.  Good luck to Erik as he proceeds in the contest.  By the way, the correct answer to the question posted earlier is: Persia is the former name of Iran, therefore the correct answer is Iran.