The GLC Geography Bee

It is that time of year again - Geography Bee time!
All middle school students competed in the 2nd Annual Goshen-Lempster Cooperative School Geography Bee this past Monday. Previous to that we had our Geography Week to get students pumped up and prepared for the Bee. This year our ten finalists from the middle school were Lizzy Bennett, Megan Howard, Ben van Paassen, Cody Turgeon, Darren O'Connor, Andre Maincent, Mike Tremblay, Cody Mileti, Chantal Watson and Ty Hebert.
The finalists battled during the Geography Bee, which was in the gym in front of grades 3-8, and came down to Megan Howard and Ben van Paassen in the Championship Round. Ben won on knowing that the Philippines consists of over 7,100 islands and is on the eastern edge of the South China Sea.  Ben will now take a qualifying test to see if he makes it to the New Hampshire Geographic Bee, where that winner goes to Washington D. C. and the National Geographic Bee.
Congrats to all our contestants and good luck to Ben!

Are you a Democrat or a Republican? and NH Primary info

Here is the link to take the quiz to find out if you are a Democrat or a Republican. Have fun!

http://www.gotoquiz.com/republican_or_democrat_1


Here is the link to the WMUR website on the NH Primary. Follow the link to 'Candidates on the Issues' to find out where the candidates in the Republican Primary stand on the issues.

http://www.wmur.com/index.html

Happy New Year and here is to a learning filled 2012!

We've had a great start to the academic 2011-2012 school year and I am very excited to continue our learning in 2012. There are some exciting events coming up to kick off 2012 - the Geography Bee, learning about the NH Primary and the candidates as well as the diverse social studies subjects for each grade.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my holiday vacation and can't wait to get back into the classroom and work with all the great students of the GLC and to continue our learning!