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<p>MMI Preparatory School seventh-grade student Heath Williams won the school&#8217;s National Geographic GeoBee competition and eighth-grader Jakob Narrow placed second.</p><p>Williams will now take an online qualifying test for entrance into the state competition. MMI Social Sciences instructor Grete Floryshak served as MMI&#8217;s GeoBee coordinator and the moderator for the competition. MMI faculty members Rev. Lawrence Barriger, Christine Lizbinski, and Laurie Mele were the scorekeepers.</p><p>Williams is the son of Atty. Richard and Shannon Williams, of Mountaintop. Narrow is the son of Howard and Marie Narrow, of Hazleton.</p><p>The National Geographic GeoBee is an annual competition designed to inspire and reward students&#8217; curiosity about the world. Fourth through eighth grade students from nearly 10,000 schools across the United States will compete in the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee for a chance to win college scholarships and be named the National Geographic GeoBee Champion.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">MMI Preparatory School seventh-grader Heath Williams, center, won the school&#8217;s National Geographic GeoBee competition. Also pictured are, from left: MMI eighth-grader Jakob Narrow, who placed second in the competition, and MMI Social Sciences instructor Grete Floryshak, who served as MMI&#8217;s GeoBee coordinator and the moderator for the competition. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_Williams.jpg</photo0><caption0>MMI Preparatory School seventh-grader Heath Williams, center, won the school&#8217;s National Geographic GeoBee competition. Also pictured are, from left: MMI eighth-grader Jakob Narrow, who placed second in the competition, and MMI Social Sciences instructor Grete Floryshak, who served as MMI&#8217;s GeoBee coordinator and the moderator for the competition. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>

Heath Williams wins GeoBee at MMI Preparatory School