It's time for schools to register for the 2009 National Geographic Bee.
 
The National Geographic Bee is a school competition for students in any grades
four through eight.  Excite your students about the world around them and reward
those who excel in their knowledge of geography by giving them a chance to
compete in a school geographic bee.
 
Schools registered by October 15, 2008 will receive their contest materials in
early November.  Go to http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographicbee  to get
complete information and other dates and deadlines.
 
Principals must register their schools to receive the contest materials
necessary to conduct a school level Bee.  All we need is a letter on school
letterhead, signed by the principal, with the $70 registration fee (check or
purchase order made out to National Geographic).   The registration is not
refundable, so make sure the school registers only once.  If paying by purchase
order, note that when the school sends payment on the PO it must be clear that
the check is payment on a PO that was sent earlier so that the school will not
be entered twice in the system. Remember a cancelled check is proof of payment,
a copy of a purchase order is not.
 
Mail the registration letter and fee, in the same envelope, to National
Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society, 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington,
DC  20036-4688.