Westlake students show knowledge of geography in Nat Geo Bee

Parkside Intermediate School National Geographic Bee finalists Matthew Vulku, Kate Fulton, Patrick Lee, Sanil Gosain and Crystal Zhao. Patrick won the competition.
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Parkside Intermediate School sixth-grader Patrick Lee and Lee Burneson Middle School seventh-grader Justin Krantz won the school-level competitions of the National Geographic Bee and will now take a written test to qualify to compete at the state level in March.

In March, the school-level winners will compete to represent Ohio at the national contest in Washington, D.C., in May. The national winner earns a $25,000 college scholarship and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society.

At Parkside, the top five finalists were Kate Fulton, Sanil Gosain, Patrick Lee, Matthew Vulku and Crystal Zhao. At Lee Burneson Middle School, top finishers were Justin Krantz and eighth-graders Thomas Bowles and Emma Franklin.