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Photo of the Day: Nicholas Castillo-Marin Wins Geographic Bee
Southampton Elementary School competition of the 24th annual National Geographic Bee was Jan. 5.
Nicholas Castillo-Marin, a fourth-grade student at , won the challenging school-level competition of the 24th annual National Geographic Bee on Jan. 5. As school champion, Nicholas will take a written qualifying test that will be submitted to the National Geographic Society. Up to 100 top scorers in each state will be eligible to compete in the State Bee in Albany on March 30. Lauren Heaney was the second place winner and Logan Whitall was the third place winner. The other finalists were Ishanti Gumbs, Kevin Nguyen, Daniel Silverberg, Brian Solano-Meneses, Addi Perry, Elijah Halsey, and Lukas Baumilas.