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QUAKER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Winners of the Bee! Matthew Henry, a fifth grade student at Osborne Elementary School and Reagan Fowler, a fifth grader at Edgeworth Elementary School, won their school’s competition of the National Geographic Bee. The school Bee, at which students answered questions on geography, is the first round in the 30th annual National Geographic Bee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Thousands of schools around the United States are participating in the 2018 Bee. The school champions will take a qualifying test; up to 100 of the top scorers on that test in each state will then be eligible to compete in their state Bee on April 6. The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. for state winners to participate in the Bee national championship rounds May 20 through 23. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the National Geographic Bee. State Winners Quaker Valley School District honored the state title winning Boys Soccer Team and Football Team, along with the band and cheerleaders, at a reception on Monday, Jan. 29, at Quaker Valley Middle School. The reception began at 6:30 p.m. and the students were recognized at the start of the Quaker Valley School Board Legislative Meeting at 7 p.m. Adopted Polar Bears Students in second grade at Osborne Elementary School have adopted Polar Bears at the Pittsburgh Zoo and are working to raise money to benefit these animals. Part of their efforts included a Polar Bear Dance on Friday, Feb. 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Osborne gym. The cost was $3 per person and all proceeds went to the International Polar Bear Foundation. Passes to the Pittsburgh Zoo were also raffled off. SEWICKLEY ❘ SPRING 2018 47