Eight students competed in the 5-8 school-level competition of the National Geographic Geo Bee – this was the first year the fifth grade boys participated in the contest. The National GeoBee is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society to promote geographic knowledge among young people in the United States. Congratulations to first place winner Vishaan Patel '26, second place winner Jacob Isakov '26, and third place winner Schaun Laible '27, who will progress to an inter-scholastic bee with top winners from Hathaway Brown and Laurel School.
Finalists were Ben Eilbeck ’28, Nicholas Kuchik ’28, Schaun Laible ’27, Ryan Spacek ’27, Jacob Isakov ’26, Vishaan Patel ’26, Gabe Goldberg ’25 and Niklas Reitsch ‘25