​Pelham MS Student Advances to State National Geographic Bee Competition

From Pelham Middle School: Pelham Middle School eighth grader Vikram Jallepalli will compete in the 2017 New York National Geographic State Bee on Friday, March 31. This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 29th year. Vikram advanced to the state competition after placing first in a school-wide bee held in December. He then took a qualifying test, which was submitted to the National Geographic Society. The 100 top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories were invited to compete in the State Bees.

Vikram is only the second Pelham Middle School student to advance to the state bee since the school began participating.

Each state champion will receive $100, the “National Geographic Concise Atlas of the World, 4th 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 14-17, 2017.

The 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. Visit www.natgeobee.org for more information on the National Geographic Bee.

Photo courtesy of Pelham MS