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2 - 2009 National Geographic Bee

It's time for schools to register for the 2009 National Geographic Bee.

The National Geographic Bee is a school competition for students in any grades four through eight. Excite your students about the world around them and reward those who excel in their knowledge of geography by giving them a chance to compete in a school geographic bee.

Schools registered by October 15, 2008 will receive their contest materials in early November. Go to http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographicbee to get complete information and other dates and deadlines.

Principals must register their schools to receive the contest materials necessary to conduct a school level Bee. All we need is a letter on school letterhead, signed by the principal, with the $70 registration fee (check or purchase order made out to National Geographic). The registration is not refundable, so make sure the school registers only once. If paying by purchase order, note that when the school sends payment on the PO it must be clear that the check is payment on a PO that was sent earlier so that the school will not be entered twice in the system. Remember a cancelled check is proof of payment, a copy of a purchase order is not.

Mail the registration letter and fee, in the same envelope, to National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society, 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-4688.

We look forward to many more schools giving their students the opportunity to excel and also be encouraged to know more about the world in which we live and share, by participating in the National Geographic Bee.

*Students who are prior winners of National Geographic Bee first-, second-, or third-place college scholarships are ineligible, as are members of the immediate families of National Geographic Society employees.

**Students and their parents and relatives must not have obtained, have had in their possession, or have seen copies of the School-level Question Booklet or the Qualifying Test (with the exception of administering this test to the winning student). We reserve the right to disqualify students for this reason.

Visit the National Geographic Society's home page for more information.

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