Johnston 5th-Grader Invited To National Geographic GeoBee States

JOHNSTON, RI — A Sarah Dyer Barnes Elementary School fifth-grader has been invited to compete as one of the semifinalists in the 2020 National Geographic GeoBee State Competition. Hunter Feinstein will represent Johnston at the event to be held in Cranston on March 27.

This is the second level of the National Geographic GeoBee competition, which is now in its 32nd year. Feinstein earned his school's championship in a contest that included students in grades 4 through 8. This year, an estimated 2.4 million students competed in the GeoBee, with 8,661 students becoming school champions. School champions also took an online qualifying test, with up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories were invited to compete in the State GeoBees.

State champions will receive a medal, $1,000 in cash, and other prizes, as well as a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent their state in the National Championship where they will compete for additional cash, awards and college scholarships. The second- and third-place State GeoBee winners will receive cash awards of $300 and $100, respectively.

The 2020 National Championship will take place May 18-21 at National Geographic headquarters. The National Champion will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, $1,000 in cash, a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and an all-expenses-paid Lindblad expedition to the Galápagos Islands aboard the National Geographic Endeavour ll. The second-place finisher will receive a $10,000 college scholarship and $1,000 in cash, the student finishing in third place will receive a $5,000 college scholarship and $1,000 in cash, and seven runners-up will each receive $1,000 in cash. Visit www.natgeobee.org for more information on the National Geographic GeoBee.