Austin Eidahl, a fifth grade student at LB Williams, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on December 21, and a chance at a college scholarship.  The school-level Bee, at which fourth and fifth grade students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 22nd annual National Geographic Bee and is sponsored by Google this year. 

Each LBW fourth and fifth grade classroom conducted class Bees December 14-18.  Classroom winners advanced to compete in the school Bee on December 21.  Class winners competing are as follows:  3/4 Tate-Ethan Roth, 4 Strong-Ricky Shaffer, 4 Chada-Trevan Brown, 3/4 Morgan-Cole Long, 5 Schlueter-Austin Eidahl, 5 Montgomery-Jared Felix, and 5 Wede-Jacob Dahme.  Jared Felix earned a third place finish, with Jacob Dahme coming in second place.  Austin Eidahl won the Bee earning a chance to take a 70-question test on January 13 to be sent to Washington, D.C. to be scored.  Austin will be notified sometime in March as to whether his test score ranks among the top 100 in the state.  If so, he advances to the state-level Bee held April 2, 2010.