Staff Writer
The staff at Caribou Middle School recently held the school’s annual National Geographic Bee for students in grades 6 — 8, with representatives from each grade selected to participate in the event. Students who placed first in their respective classroom preliminary competitions earned the right to take part in the final competition.
Caribou Middle School students who participated in the recent geography bee sponsored by National Geographic are, in front, from left: Chelsea Martin, Nolan McDuffie, Devin Ballard, Daniel LaCasse, Connor Thibeault, Andrew Brown and Larry Spencer. In back are: Grahm Freme, Ginger Kieffer, Liz Dionne, Breen Blackstone, Morgan Outing, Sameer Panesar, Alex Murchison, Brian Corbin and Alex Hodsdon.
Congratulations went to the school’s first place winner, seventh-grader Andrew Brown; Larry Spencer, grade six, placed second, with eighth-grade student Alex Hodsdon winning the third place slot.
Other student participants in the final round of competition included Brian Corbin, Alex Murchison, Dan La Casse, Breen Blackstone, Chelsea martin, Ginger Kieffer and Elizabeth Dionne.
Alternate classroom winners who placed in the preliminary classroom competitions included Morgan Outing, Derrick Richardson, David Kennedy, Connor Thibeault, Emilee Sirois, Sameer Panesar, Nolan McDuffie, Graham Freme, Cameron Hill and Devin Ballard.
Contributed photo
Caribou Middle School students who placed in the top three places in the recent National Geographic Bee are from left: Alex Hodson, third place , Andrew Brown, winner, Larry Spencer, second place.
