Walnut Creek Middle School Student Qualifies Among State Geography Bee Top 10

William Tryon, a Walnut Creek Middle School sixth-grader, placed 7th in the state final round of the National Geographic Bee, held April 5 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. 

Tryon qualified for the state competition by first being one of two team champions from his core class team of approximately 130 students. He then won the Walnut Creek final, besting 14 other sixth, seventh, and eighth grade team champions from among the school's 1,000 students. 

He qualified for the state semifinal by earning among the 100 best qualifying test scores statewide.

At the competition, Tryon was one of 12 competitors to get all eight preliminary round questions correct and qualified through a tie-breaker for the final round. 

Source: Walled Lake Consolidated Schools press release