Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
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PALMER — Eighth-grader Kasen Callison will represent Palmer Junior Middle School at the Alaska State Geography Bee in April after winning the school’s event earlier this month.
Callison beat out fellow eighth-grader Dayton Gatewood, who finished second, and last year’s school champ Trevor Kroening, a seventh-grader who finished third.
The contest is part of the National Geographic Bee, a contast that’s “designed to motivate students to learn about the world and how it works,” according to a press release. The national competition features a first prize of a $50,000 college scholarship. Participants come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and U.S. Department of Defense dependants stationed overseas.
To learn more about the competition, visit nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
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