Austin fifth grader student Chinmay Murthy, from Paragon Preparatory Middle School, will represent Texas in the 2013 National Geographic Bee airing Friday, May 24 at 1 pm, Saturday, May 25 at 5 pm and Sunday, May 26 at 5 pm. By using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society, students from around the country compete in the annual National Geographic Bee. The National Geographic Bee is constructed to encourage teachers to include geography in their class rooms in order to increase student and public interest in the subject.

Prepare for the 2013 National Geographic Bee and take Take a GeoBee Quiz!

The 2013 National Geographic Bee State Winners are:

Alabama – Christopher Lough, 7th Grade, Prattville Christian Academy, Prattville
Alaska – Kenny Petrini, 8th Grade, Central Middle School of Science, Anchorage
Arizona – Cameron Danesh, 6th Grade, Mountainside Middle School, Scottsdale
Arkansas – Christian Boekhout, 7th Grade, Hot Springs Intermediate School, Hot Springs
Atlantic Territories - Leonides Diaz, 7th Grade, St. John’s School, San Juan
California – Tuvya Bergson-Michelson, 6th Grade, Nueva School, Hillsborough
Colorado -Pranit Nanda, 7th Grade, Aurora Quest K-8 School, Aurora
Connecticut  – Michael Borecki, 8th Grade, Middlesex Middle School, Darien
Delaware - Kevin M. Orzada, 8th Grade, The Independence School, Newark
Department Of Defense Dependents Schools - Patrick LeWallen, 7th Grade, Ryukyu Middle School, Okinawa
District Of Columbia – Lars Nordquist, 5th Grade, St. Albans School
Florida – Walker Miler, 7th Grade, James Weldon Johnson Middle School, Jacksonville
Georgia – Sanjeev Uppalari, 5th Grade, Fulton Sunshine Academy, Roswell
Hawaii – Andrew Anderton, 8th Grade, Island School, Lihue
Idaho – Amrit Singh, 7th Grade, Grangeville Elementary/Middle School, Grangeville
Illinois – Conrad Oberhaus, 7th Grade, Daniel Wright Junior High School, Lincolnshire
Indiana – Sean Ives, 7th Grade, Trinity Lutheran School, Crown Point
Iowa – Jonathan Grunenwald, 8th Grade, Ames Homeschool Assistance Program, Ames
Kansas – Preneeta Nalluri, 6th Grade, Overland Trail Middle School, Overland Park
Kentucky – Hunter Watkins, 8th Grade, Calloway, Marshall, & McCracken Cty Homeschoolers, Farmington
Louisiana – Cécile Girard, 7th Grade, Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School, Lake Charles
Maine – Archer Thomas, 8th Grade, Bonny Eagle Middle School, Buxton
Maryland – Abhinav Karthikeyan, 4th Grade, Clearspring Elementary School, Damascus
Massachusetts – Sathwik Karnik, 7th Grade, King Philip Regional Middle School, Norfolk
Michigan – Neha Middela, 6th Grade, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills
Minnesota – Alexander Conrad, 7th Grade, Valley View Middle School, Edina
Mississippi – Jun Chen, 8th Grade, Margaret Green Junior High School, Cleveland
Missouri – Aviral Misra, 5th Grade, Academy Montessori Internationale, Kansas City
Montana – Grace Rembert, 5th Grade, Morning Star Elementary, Bozeman
Nebraska – Theodore Jansen, 5th Grade, Paddock Road Elementary, Omaha
Nevada – Nick Vazeen, 8th Grade, Challenger School ? Summerlin Campus, Las Vegas
New Hampshire – Neelam Sandhu, 8th Grade, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, Bedford
New Jersey – William DiGrande, 8th Grade, Warren Middle School, Warren
New Mexico – Huy Tran, 7th Grade, Albuquerque Academy,  Albuquerque
New York – Gabriel Straus, 7th Grade, Collegiate School for Boys, New York
North Carolina – Matthew Janson, 8th Grade, Randolph Middle School, Charlotte
North Dakota – Luke Bowan, 8th Grade, Jamestown Area Homeschoolers, Jamestown
Ohio – Kyle Yu, 7th Grade, Lee Burneson Middle School, Westlake
Oklahoma – Matthew Armor, 8th Grade, Whittier Middle School, Norman
Oregon – Harish Palani, 7th Grade, Stoller Middle School, Portland
Pacific Territories – Jacob Augelli, 7th Grade, Cmd. William C. McCool Elem/Middle, Guam
Pennsylvania – Sai Vaddadi, 8th Grade, Eagle View Middle School, Mechanicsburg
Rhode Island – Jacob Polatty, 7th Grade, Rhode Island Home Educators, North Kingstown
South Carolina – Krish Patel, 7th Grade, Pinewood Preparatory School, Summerville
South Dakota – Mark Vanderzee, 8th Grade, George S. Mickelson Middle School, Brookings
Tennessee – Adithyan Sujithkumar, 7th Grade, Robertsville Middle School, Oak Ridge
Texas – Chinmay Murthy, 5th Grade, Paragon Preparatory Middle School, Austin
Utah – Joshua Nkoy, 8th Grade, Challenger School, Sandy
Vermont – Tyler Jager, 7th Grade, Manchester Elementary/Middle School, Manchester Center
Virginia – Akhil Rekulapelli, 7th Grade, Stone Hill Middle School, Ashburn
Washington – Owen Benda, 7th Grade, Open Window School, Bellevue
West Virginia -Andrew Christy, 7th Grade, St. Francis Central Catholic School, Morgantown
Wisconsin – Asha Jain, 7th Grade, MHLT Elementary School, Minocqua
Wyoming – Garrett Means, 8th Grade, Snowy Range Academy, Laramie

ARTHUR kicks off its spring season on Monday, May 6 with a week of all-new episodes, including two devoted to the issue of bullying — “The Last Tough Customer” and “So Funny I Forgot to Laugh.” Preview a clip from the “The Last Tough Customer” here: http://bit.ly/16mNCMT And here are some resources to help you talk to your kids/students about the issue of bullying: http://to.pbs.org/ZZqUob

• The Last Tough Customer / Brain’s Chess Mess
  Monday, May 6 at 3pm
• Baseball Blues / Brain’s Biggest Blunder
  Tuesday, May 7 at 3pm
• Buster’s Book Battle / On the Buster Scale
  Wednesday, May 8 at 3pm
• Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story / Sue Ellen Vegges Out
  Thursday, May 9 at 3pm
• So Funny I Forgot to Laugh / The Best Day Ever
  Friday, May 10 at 3pm

Several PBS KIDS series have episodes themed to Mother’s Day on Friday, May 10th and Sunday, May 12th.

• CURIOUS GEORGE
  Mother’s Day Surprise: Friday, May 10 at 8am; Sunday, May 12 at 6am
• DINOSAUR TRAIN
  The Good Mom: Friday, May 10 at 9:30am
• DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
  I Love You, Mom: Friday, May 10 at 10am & 12:30pm; Sunday, May 12 at 8am
• SID THE SCIENCE KID
  Special Mom Day Meal: Friday, May 10 at 10:30m
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9jkkvJNE58
  Sid and his friends sing “My Mom is Cool!”
  http://www.pbs.org/parents/special/mothersday.html
  Visit PBS Parents to print out a card for your Super Duper Oooper Shmooper Mom!
• WORDGIRL
  Mobot Knows Best: Friday, May 10 at 3:30pm

The week of May 20-24, DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD features a “Playdate Week” with five episodes including playdates with O the Owl, Prince Wednesday, Miss Elaina, and Katerina Kittycat, with premieres of three episodes May 20, 21 and 22.

This month’s Family Choice program is NATURE‘s “Legendary White Stallions” focusing on the bond between the horses and their caregivers.

The 2013 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE will be airing Friday, May 24 at 1 pm.

NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT airs live, Sunday, May 26 at 7pm,  from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, and to our troops around the world on the American Forces Network.

The annual National Geographic Bee returns for the 24th consecutive year with host and moderator Alex Trebek. The 2012 National Geographic Bee will feature fourth- to eighth-graders vying for the Bee crown and the top prize of a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. Second and third prizes are college scholarships of $15,000 and $10,000. The finalists, all winners of their state-level geographic bees, have triumphed over a field of nearly 5 million students to earn a place in the national championships. They represent the 50 states, District of Columbia, Atlantic Territories, Pacific Territories and Department of Defense Dependents Schools.

Website: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee