“The Aswan High Dam was built in the 1960’s on what African River?”

This was the final question asked during the 11^th Annual Geography Bee at RHCDS.

The Middle School history teachers conducted seven rounds of questions in their classes. Each student answered a different question. After the seven rounds, the top students in each grade advanced to the finals. This year we had three from 6^th grade, three from 7^th grade and four from 8^th grade.

The geography bee consisted of questions about world cities, countries, oceans, and the United States. Congratulations to a 6^th grade student for becoming the school champion! Another 6^th grader placed second and an 8^th grader placed third.

The school champion’s next step is to take a seventy question multiple choice test. The results are submitted and the top 100 test scores in California will compete in Sacramento at the end of March. The winner of the state competition then goes to the final competition in Washington D.C. in May. It is televised and hosted by Alex Trebek of Jeopardy.

The answer to the above question is, the Nile River.