Four students from Falls Church City and the Falls Church-area of Fairfax County are gearing up to compete in the National Geographic Geography State Bee this Friday, March 27, at The Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives in Washington, D.C.

Haycock Elementary School sixth-grader Sathya Gnanakumar, Luther Jackson Middle School eighth-grader Jacob Radomsky, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School fifth-grader Liam Timar-Wilcox and Longfellow Middle School seventh-grader Justin Young will compete for a slot in the national competition, which is slated for May 11 – 13 in Washington, D.C. and will be moderated by Soledad O’Brien.

The winner of the national competition will receive at $50,000 college scholarship. For more information, visit press.nationalgeographic.com/geo-bee/.