Hilton Head Preparatory School is pleased to announce that seventh grader, Thor Pullon, has been notified and invited by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2016 South Carolina National Geographic State Bee, which will take place on Friday, April 1, in Columbia, SC.
This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition. School Bees were held in schools with fourth through eighth grade students throughout the state to determine each school champion. School champions then took an online qualifying test. The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and US territories to compete in the state Bees.
Each state champion will receive $100, the National Geographic book "The National Parks: An Illustrated History" and a medal, and will travel to Washington, DC, to represent their state in the National Geographic Bee Championship at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 22-25, 2016. The national champion will receive a $50,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.