Whiz Kid: Jack Greer

• Whiz Kid: Jack Greer
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• Accomplishment: Greer, an eighth grade student at Frontier Middle School, took home third place in the 2011 Missouri Geographic Bee held on April 1 in Columbia. The state bee is part of a nationwide event that encourages fourth- through eighth-grade students to exhibit their knowledge of geography.
• Key To Awesomeness: Greer won his school’s Geography Bee in January and earned the opportunity to take a qualifying test along with other school winners from across the state. 

He learned in early March that he had scored in the top 100 and would be competing at the state bee held on the campus of the University of Missouri - Columbia. 

This marks the third time Greer has qualified to compete at the state level. He also qualified in 2008 as a fifth grader, and again last year as a seventh grade student, but this is the first time he has come away with a top prize.

Greer says winning the Geography Bee in fifth grade at Crossroads Elementary ignited his drive to compete.

“That kicked off my interest in geography, and when Geography Bee time came around each year, I spent some time studying and it usually paid off.”

In addition to his interest in geography, Jack also runs on the track and cross country teams for Frontier and enjoys math competitions, swimming, coin collecting, and camping.

He is the son of Eileen and Mark Greer of O’Fallon.