Geography Bee

Gershon Koshy Takes First

    On January 6, 2005, Grace held its annual Geography Bee, drawing participants from grades four through eight. The ten students taking part had all qualified in preliminary bees in their respective grades several weeks earlier. On this day, the young men and ladies were called upon to answer questions about geography and topography, both in the United States and international locations.

    Mrs. Carolyne Som de Cerff served as the emcee, secondary principal Mr. West and academic counselor Mrs. Hood were judges, elementary Assistant Vice-Principal Mrs. Jacobsen was timekeeper and elementary principal Mrs. McKay was the coordinator of the bee.

   The students participating were:

Hanna Duininck
Matt Fears
Witt Briscoe
Freddi Tinkler
Gershon Koshy
Ben Pledger
Joe Hull
Jessica Freeman
Emily Blackstad
Kelsey Baucom

The first and second place winners are both from the eighth-grade class: Gershon Koshy took first place, and Hanna Duininck was the second-place winner. Gershon Koshy will now be required to take a written, multiple-choice test in order to qualify for the next level of competition: Oklahoma's State Geography Bee. If Gershon's score on this test is among the top 100 in the state, he will represent Grace at that level. Best wishes to Gershon!