Where in the World...?

The knowledge exuded by HCA students was out of this world at the 18^th Annual HCA Geography Bee! The bee was held on January 5^th in the HCA auditorium. Mrs. Joy Usher, HCA’s librarian, sponsored the event. Mrs. Usher believes that this experience is a wonderful way to allow students to demonstrate what they have learned about geography.

Fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth graders were given an opportunity to participate. The official participants were selected from classroom geography bees. A list of participants and with their grade levels in parenthesis is shown below. Mr. Ben Roberts, HCA student and former participant in the North Carolina Geography Bee, hosted the event. Ms. Emily Jones, HCA student, assisted Mrs. Usher with the judging.

All participants received a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a certificate. The names of the winners were placed on a wall plaque on the library wall. Congratulations, winners!

Participants

Amos Lanier (7)

Chase Overpeck (6)

Brayden Sutton (6)

Brooke Raynor (7)

Davis Bryant (8)

Lucas Thornton (6)

Rance Creech (6)

Holden Quinn (7)

Noah Warrick (6)

Blake Phillips (6)

Winners (pictured from left to right)

1^st Place: Rance Creech

2^nd Place: Noah Warrick

3^rd Place: Holden Quinn