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Several Lake County Students Named GeoBee State Competitors
These students from schools in Lake County will show off their world knowledge as state qualifiers in the GeoBee competition March 29.
LAKE COUNTY, IL — Four students from schools across the following Lake County Patches will be competing for college scholarships and the chance to be crowned the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee Champion. The county's largest representation comes from Grayslake-area students.
These students will be competing in the state-level competition March 29:
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Grayslake
- Prairie Crossing Charter School: Omar Mahhood, 8th grade
- Lake County Home Schoolers c/o Grayslake Library: Liam Nold, 8th grade
Libertyville
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- Highland Middle School: Tyler Patterson, 8th grade
Vernon Hills
- Hawthorn Middle School North: Rishi Ramaiya, 8th grade
The National Geographic GeoBee is an annual academic competition designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Students in grades four through eight from about 10,000 schools in the United States will compete this year for the national title
State GeoBee qualifiers are listed at NatGeoBee.org/results.
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