High School Students Can Earn Scholarships and Prizes in AAA's Geography Contest
If you are driving due west from Dodge City, which state will you first come to? In what state is the world-famous Waimea Canyon? What is the Loire Valley famous for? Answers to questions like these could earn area high school students a chance for a $20,000 college scholarship in the fifth annual AAA Travel High School Challenge.
Teenagers around the country are getting ready to flex their travel and geography muscles to answer such questions, and those with the most correct answers may be well on their way to an expense-paid trip to Orlando to compete for more than $100,000 in college scholarships and prizes. The contest aims to increase teens’ travel knowledge and geography literacy while creating awareness of career opportunities in the travel and tourism industry.
The national contest is open to all U.S. students at least 13 years of age in grades 9-12 (public, private and home-schooled), with winners from all 50 states traveling to Universal Studio in Orlando, Fla. to compete for scholarships and prizes. The contest begins with registration prior to January 8, 2007, then with a 40- question online quiz available from January 8-16, 2007 at http://www.AAA.com/TravelChallenge. The top five scorers in each state will take a proctored, written exam in early March. The top scorer in each state wins an expense-paid trip for two to complete in the national finals, May 19- 22 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla.