Eighth-Grader Wins The Langley School Geography Bee

Eighth-grader Adrianna Leckow won The Langley School’s 2019 National Geographic Bee, making this the fifth consecutive year that she qualified for the school-wide Bee and moving her one step closer to the national championship. Langley’s Geography Bee was the first round of the 31st annual National Geographic Bee, a nationwide geography competition held in thousands of schools.

Eleven Langley students in grades 4-8 were chosen to participate in the school’s Bee based on their scores on a qualifying test. During the competition, contestants answered a series of oral and written questions about both national and world geography.

As Langley’s winner, Adrianna will take a qualifying test to determine state competitors. Up to 100 of the top scorers on this written exam from each state will then face each other in their statewide Geography Bee this spring. In May 2019, state winners will participate in the national championship in Washington, DC, where they will compete for cash prizes, scholarships, and an all-expenses-paid expedition to the Galapagos Islands.

Grounded in a deep respect for childhood, The Langley School offers an exceptional community and an inquiry-based academic curriculum paired with a unique social-emotional program for students in preschool through grade 8. Since 1942, The Langley School has shaped confident, kind, self-aware learners who are prepared to thrive in the nation’s top high schools and beyond. Visit www.langleyschool.org to learn more.