Partha
Narasimhan, a sixth-grader at Mercer Middle School, placed first in
the 2007 Virginia Geography Bee held Friday, March 30th, at Old
Dominion University in Norfolk.
He will now go
on to represent Virginia at the national finals May 22-23 at the
National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C. As the
state winner, Partha receives $100 and the trip to Washington, D.C.
The national winner will receive a $25,000 college
scholarship.
This is the
second year Partha has placed at the Virginia Geography Bee. He
placed third last year as a fifth-grader at Hutchison Farm
Elementary.
Tatiana
Lozano, a seventh-grader at J. Lupton Simpson Middle School, placed
third in the state bee. Yohan Sumathipala, a seventh-grader at
Farwmell Station Middle School, finished in the top 10. (Yohan
placed second a year ago.)
In all, 10
Loudoun County Public Schools students competed in the state bee.
The other LCPS students who competed included:
- Junaid
Ahmed, Sterling Middle School
- Christopher
deSteuben, Belmont Ridge Middle School
- Jake
Fossum, Newton-Lee Elementary
- Daniel
Kang, River Bend Middle School
- Tommy Lunn,
Potowmack Elementary
- Christopher
Miller, Blue Ridge Middle School
- Wallace
Teska, Smart’s Mill Middle School
These students
won their school-level geography bee then took a qualifying test,
which was submitted to the National Geographic Society. In each of
the 50 states and in five U.S. territories, the National Geographic
Society invited the students with the top 100 scores to compete at
the state level.
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