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14 Gulf Pine Catholic • February 21, 2020 A small portion of collection pays for this advertisement. Ash Wednesday Collection February 26 Twelve students from Saint Stanislaus participated in the school competition of the National geographic GeoBee on February 3. Seventh grader Harry McArthur, right, won first place, with seventh grader Makhi Smith, left, won second place. The school competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students’ curios- ity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but also ancient and world civilizations, cultures, and physical features. The National Geographic Society developed the GeoBee in 1989 in response to concern about the lack of geographic knowledge among young people in the United States. Over more than three decades later, more than 120 million students have learned about the world through participation in the GeoBee. School champions, including Harry, will take an online qualifying test; up to 100 of the top test scorers in each state then become eligible to compete in their State GeoBee. The winners of the State GeoBees receive an all-expenses-paid trip to participate in the GeoBee National Championship in spring 2020. Students will be competing for cash prizes, scholarships, and an all-expenses-paid Lindblad expedition to the Galapagos Islands aboard the National Geographic Endeavor II. Learn more at www.natgeobee.org St. Stanislaus College, Bay St. Louis Catholic school administrators from the Diocese of Biloxi and the Archdiocese of Mobile gathered in Orange Beach, AL, for their annual retreat. At left, l-r, Father Bry Shields, president of McGill-Toolen High School; Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi, of Mobile; and Bishop Louis F. Kihneman III, of Biloxi; concelebrate Mass. At right, attendees take a group photo with the clergy. Photo/Juliana Skelton Catholic school administrators gather for retreat