Daniel Tchoparov, an eighth-grade student at LMPS (Lakeland Middle Preparatory School), has been named as one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2020 National Geographic GeoBee State Competition.
The announcement was made today (3.3.20) by Matt Adler, LMPS principal.
He is the son of Miroslava and Dian Tchoparov.
The state contest will be March 27th at Tennessee State University, Avon Williams Campus in Nashville.
According to a press release, this is the second level of the National Geographic GeoBee competition, which is now in its 32nd year.
To determine each school champion, GeoBee competitions were held in schools throughout the state with students in the fourth through eighth grades. This year, an estimated 2.4 million students competed in the GeoBee, with 8,661 students becoming school champions. School champions also took an online qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society.
Link to the January competition at LMPS: https://lakelandcurrents.com/geography-bee-at-lmps-this-week/
Up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories were invited to compete in the State GeoBees. Link to top-scoring students in Tennessee: https://sites.google.com/site/tennesseestatebee/2020-tennessee-qualifiers
State champions will receive a medal, $1,000 in cash, and other prizes, as well as a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent their state in the National Championship where they will compete for additional cash, awards and college scholarships. The second and third-place State GeoBee winners will receive cash awards of $300 and $100, respectively.
