Potomac students participate in county and statewide bees

Potomac eighth grader Connor Bush qualified for the 2019 Missoula County Orthography Bee Feb. 21 at Big Sky High School in Missoula. Some of his words included iguana, hurricane and ecology. Bush is the youngest of six siblings. He said none of them would have gotten as far as he did in the spelling bees. Along with his parents, he is very proud of his achievement.

Potomac School seventh grader Lauren Nordberg qualified for the state Geography Bee held in Bozeman, Mont. March 29. Some of her questions included True or False: Latvia is at a higher latitude than New York, and Which area of Washington, D.C. is home to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the newest Smithsonian Museum? "It was really challenging, but super fun. I liked the fact that they asked not only geographical questions, but questions regarding current events around the world. I would like the opportunity to do it again."