After winning the school-level National Geographic Bees, Patrick Lee and Justin Krantz are getting ready to take the written test to qualify for the state level in March.

In March, the school-level winners will compete to represent Ohio at the national contest in Washington, D.C., in May. The national winner earns a $25,000 college scholarship and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society.

At Parkside Intermediate School, the top five finalists were Kate Fulton, Sanil Gosain, Patrick Lee, Matthew Vulku and Crystal Zhao. Patrick, a sixth grader, won the competition.

At Lee Burneson Middle School, top finishers were seventh-grader Justin Krantz and eighth-graders Thomas Bowles and Emma Franklin.