Congratulations!

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Dear Principal:

Your student, Katelyn Hume, from Our Savior Lutheran School, has qualified to compete in the state level competition of the National Geographic Bee!

The Hawaii State Bee will be held on Friday, April 6, 2018. Please visit the State Bee Homepage, and click on Hawaii to access your state Bee website and review event information. If you have questions regarding the event, please contact your State Bee Coordinator, whose email address is listed on the Hawaii State Bee website.

Eligible state Bee competitors must be in grades four through eight, and must have participated in and won the competition at the school level that involved at least six students. We reserve the right to disqualify a student at any time if the rules have not been followed.

The state Bee event is only for qualifying students, their families, and their teachers. The National Geographic Society does not encourage or endorse coaching for hire in connection with the National Geographic Bee. Paid coaches of persons affiliated with organizations that collect fees for coaching are not invited to attend the state Bee.

The National Geographic Bee supports the participation of students with physical disabilities such as vision or hearing impairment. The teacher or parent of a physically disabled student should notify the National Geographic Bee office at [email protected] by March 23, so that accommodations can be made.

It is the responsibility of the student’s family and/or teacher-escort to arrange travel to the state Bee, and to report to the registration area on time.

One champion from each state and territory will advance to the National Geographic Bee Championship, which will be held May 20-23 at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C. Transportation and accommodations for the Washington, D.C. trip are provided for each state champion and one parent/guardian.

Many thanks to the School Bee Coordinator for organizing the school Bee. We hope you’ll register Our Savior Lutheran School for next year's competition. We will notify you when registration opens.

Thank you all for supporting the National Geographic Bee, and best wishes for Katelyn's success in the Hawaii State Bee.

Sincerely, National Geographic Bee Team

P.S. Share the news! Announce your student's achievement using this press release. Download and personalize the press release, then share it with local media. If you have questions regarding this press release, please contact Farley Fitzgerald at the National Geographic Society communications office.

Katelyn Hume Named Hawaii National Geographic State Bee Semifinalist by National Geographic Society

Our Savior Lutheran School, 98-2019 Moanalua Road, Aiea, Hawaii 96701

The above-named student has been notified by the National Geographic Society that she is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2018 Hawaii National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held at Neil S. Blaisdell Center. 777 Ward Ave., Honolulu, Friday, April 6, 2018.

This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 30th year. School Bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school champion. School champions then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in the State Bees.

To celebrate the 30th annual National Geographic Bee, the cash prize for the top three students in each state has doubled. Each state champion will receive $200, the National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World, 2nd Edition and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent their state in the National Geographic Bee Championship to be held at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 20-23, 2018. Students that come in second place will receive $150 and those that come in third will receive $100. The first- place national champion will receive a $50,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the Society, including a subscription to National Geographic magazine, and an all-expenses-paid Lindblad expedition to the Galápagos Islands aboard the new National Geographic Endeavour ll. Travel for the trip is provided by Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. Second- and third-place finishers will receive $25,000 and $10,000 college scholarships, respectively. Visit www.natgeobee.org for more information on the National Geographic Bee.

National Geographic will stream the final round of the National Geographic Bee Championship starting May 24, 2018, at www.natgeobee.org.

How would you fare as a National Geographic Bee contestant? At the school Bees this year, students had to answer questions like these:

1. The Appalachian Mountains run through which state—Georgia or Mississippi? A. Georgia

2. The North Platte and South Platte Rivers meet in which state—New Mexico or Nebraska? A. Nebraska

3. Which state straddles the Tropic of Cancer—Hawaii or Alaska? A. Hawaii

4. Which form of mass production was used by Henry Ford to produce automobiles in large quantities in Detroit, Michigan—threshing machine or assembly line? A. assembly line

5. What is the term for the physical location where a plant or animal lives—habitat or pattern? A. habitat

6. Which country does not contain large areas of desert—Chad, Venezuela, or Iraq? A. Venezuela

7. Public steam baths called hammams are part of the culture in cities such as Casablanca and Marrakech in which African country? A. Morocco

8. The Delmarva Peninsula includes parts of Delaware, Virginia, and which other state? A. Maryland 9. The easternmost part on the Horn of Africa is located in which country? A. Somalia

10. Angkor Wat, built as a tribute to Hinduism, is located in which Southeast Asian country where Buddhism now predominates? A. Cambodia

MEDIA NOTE: Prior to the state finals on April 6, press materials with additional information about the state- and national-level contests will be posted at natgeo.org/newsroom. To be notified when these materials are available, or for other inquiries, contact Lexie de los Santos ([email protected] / (202) 807-3100) with the National Geographic Society Communications Department. You may also contact the State Bee coordinator, (insert State Bee coordinator’s name/email/phone), for additional information.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY The National Geographic Society is a leading nonprofit that invests in bold people and transformative ideas in the fields of exploration, scientific research, storytelling and education. The Society aspires to create a community of change, advancing key insights about the planet and probing some of the most pressing scientific questions of our time, all while ensuring that the next generation is armed with geographic knowledge and global understanding. Its goal is measurable impact: furthering exploration and educating people around the world to inspire solutions for the greater good. For more information, visit www.nationalgeographic.org.

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