Daniel Katz Wins JCDS Geographic Bee
Moves One Step Closer to $25,000 College Scholarship

Providence, Rhode Island, January 3, 2007. Daniel Katz, a 6th grade student at the Jewish Community Day School won the student-level competition and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. The school level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 19th annual National Geographic Bee. The Bee is sponsored by the National Geographic Society.

Thousands of schools around the United States are participating, and the school winners, including Daniel Katz, will now take a written test. Up to 100 top scorers in each state will be eligible to compete in their state Bee on March 30, 2007. The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for state champions and teacher-escorts to participate in the National Geographic Bee national championship on May 22 and 23, 2007. The first place national winner will receive a $25,000 scholarship and a lifetime membership in the Society.

The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. National Geographic magazine, the official journal of the Society, is read by about 40 million people worldwide every month. The National Geographic Channel reaches nearly 300 million households in 27 languages in 164 countries. The Society has funded more than 8,000 scientific research projects and supports an education program combating geographic illiteracy. For more information contact Lisa Bergman at the Jewish Community Day School, 401-751-2470.

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