McCook student is semi-finalist in National Geographic geography bee

Thursday, March 27, 2014
Dylan Lepper

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dylan Lepper, an eighth grader at St. Patrick School in McCook, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2014 Nebraska State Geographic Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek.

This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 26th year.

Bees were held in schools with fourth-eighth grade students throughout the state to determine each school's Bee winner.

School level winners then took a qualifying test , which they submitted to the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society invited the students with the top 100 scores in each of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependent Schools and US territories to compete at the state level.

The 2014 Nebraska State Geographic Bee will be at the University of Nebraska Omaha in the Milo Bail Student Center on Friday, April 4, 2014.

The state winner will receive $100, the "Complete National Geographic on DVD" and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent Nebraska in the National Geographic Bee finals to be held at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 19-21, 2014.

The national winner will receive a $50,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the Society. The national winner will also travel (along with parent/guardian), all expenses paid, to the Galapagos Islands, where he/she will experience geography firsthand through up-close encounters with the islands' unique wildlife and landscapes.

Travel for trip is provided by Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic.

National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD will air the final round of the 2014 National Geographic Bee, moderated by new host Soledad O'Brien , on Thursday, May 22 at 7 p.m. EST.

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