ResourcesAurora Hills Student Named Semifinalist in ‘Geograhic Bee’
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Aurora Hills Middle School seventh grader Matthew Beckman was recently named a Colorado Geographic Bee Semifinalist by the National Geographic Society.
Beckman will compete at the 2010 Colorado Geographic Bee at the University of Denver on Friday, April 9, 2010.
The state winner will receive $100 dollars, the “National Geographic Collegiate Atlas of t he World,” and a trip to Washington, D.C., where he/she will represent Colorado in the national finals at the National Geographic Society headquarters, May 25-26, 2010.
The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the Society. The national winner will receive an (along with on parent or guardian), all expenses paid, to the Galapagos. A teacher from the school district of the national winner will receive a trip to attend the Google Geo Teacher Institute in July 2010, where that teacher will get hands-on experience with Google’s resources and learn about innovative instructional strategies.
Congratulations, Matthew!
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