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Several Cook County Students Named GeoBee State Competitors
These students from schools across Cook County will show off their world knowledge as state qualifiers in the GeoBee competition March 29.
COOK COUNTY, IL — Eight students from schools across Cook County 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 Palatine-area students.
These students will be competing in the state-level competition March 29:
Arlington Heights
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- St. James School: Peter McLeod, 7th grade
Palatine
- Marion Jordan Elementary School: Rhea Makkuni, 6th grade
- Quest Academy: Rohan Ganeshan, 7th grade
- Walter Sundling Jr High School: Thomas Lu, 8th grade
Buffalo Grove
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- Twin Groves Middle School: Vageesh Ramaswamy, 7th grade
Barrington
- Barrington Middle School: Eli Terrell, 8th grade
Des Plaines
- Science & Arts Academy: Charlie Goldberg, 8th grade
Park Ridge
- St Paul Of The Cross School: Pavel Oman, 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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