DAPHNE, Ala.—On Dec. 19, the last day before our break, the school-wide National Geographic Bee took place. During the days prior to the bee, each class held their own bee. The winner of each class bee moved on to the school bee.

The winners of the school bee were:

Emma will be taking written test in the coming days to see if she qualifies to participate in the state bee. The top 100 student scores from across Alabama are invited to the state bee.

The school-wide spelling bee will be held very soon. Just as in the geography bee, the students in the spelling bee have already won the bee in their class.

The students participating are: MaKayla Giangrosso, Madison DuRant, Renata Rivera, Melanie Lim, Jacob Gay, Reed Jackson, Peyton Galich, Christopher Walding, Tucker Clark, Shaniece Rowe, Sydney Sain, Allen Yazdi, Kaleigh Akers, Christy Thacker, Mark Bell, Allison Watson and Jenna Drake.