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Two bees were recently held at Mountain Brook Elementary.

Fourth- through sixth-graders competed in the geography bee, sponsored by National Geographic, with preliminary rounds held in classrooms and the top 10 competing in the schoolwide bee. Fifth-grader John Keith placed third, and second place went to fourth-grader Edward Barze. Fifth-grader Fletcher Nunnelley won the bee by correctly answering “Indonesia” to a question about which country islands Madura and Bali are part of.  Fletcher has completed a written test to see if he qualifies to participate at the state-level competition to be held at Samford University.

For the spelling bee, the top two students from each homeroom in grades four through six competed on challenging words. In the end, fifth-grader Ann Carlton Keller was named MBE spelling bee champion. She went on to compete in the Mountain Brook district spelling bee against the other champions from the elementary schools and the junior high. She will represent Mountain Brook in the Jefferson County Spelling Bee.