Homeschooler Wins National Geographic Bee

UPDATE 6/4/07 Matthew made it to the final seven contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Congratulations to him!!-- www.spellingbee.com/

Matthew Evans (from Albuquerque) won the Reader's Digest Word Power Challenge http://nmhomeschoolcommunity.blogspot.com/search?q=word+power and at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (which was hosted here in Albuquerque) Philip Streich , a homeschooler from Wisconsin was one of the three winners! Gotta love homeschooling!--Tabbi
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CAITLIN SNARING FROM WASHINGTON STATE ( a Home Schooled Student) WINS 2007
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE

Second Girl To Win in Bee's 19-Year History

WASHINGTON (May 23, 2007)--Fourteen-year-old Caitlin Snaring, a homeschooled
eighth-grader from Redmond, Wash., took top honors at the 2007 National
Geographic Bee held in Washington, D.C., today. She won a $25,000 college
scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.

Second-place winner was Suneil Iyer, 12, a seventh-grader at Indian Trail
Junior High School in Olathe, Kan., who received a $15,000 college
scholarship. Third place and a $10,000 college scholarship went to Mark
Arildsen, a 13-year-old seventh-grader at the University School of
Nashville, in Nashville, Tenn. The 2007 National Geographic Bee was
sponsored by JPMorgan Chase.

The winning question was: A city that is divided by a river of the same name
was the imperial capital of Vietnam for more than a century. Name this city,
which is still an important cultural center. Answer: Hue

Caitlin is the second girl to win the Bee since it began in 1989. She is
also the fifth student from Washington to win the Bee. Washington has
produced more national winners than any other state.

Fifty-five state and territory winners took part in the preliminary rounds
of the 2007 National Geographic Bee on Tuesday, May 22. The top 10
contestants met in today's final round, which was moderated by "Jeopardy!"
host Alex Trebek. The seven other finalists were Andrew Lee of Alaska,
Antonio de la Peña of Colorado( homeschooled) , Benjamin Geyer of the
District of Columbia, Solly Mayer of Kentucky, Tyler Bowen of Oklahoma,
Francisco Vargas of Puerto Rico and Benjamin Taylor of West Virginia.

Nearly 5 million students take part in the National Geographic Bee each
year.