Four Issaquah School District middle schoolers recently qualified for the Washington State Geographic Bee, and will be competing at Stadium High School in Tacoma Saturday, April 3.

The students are: Alex Escobar, an eighth-grader at Beaver Lake Middle School; Wesley Esko, a sixth-grader at Pine Lake Middle School; John Park, a seventh-grader at Issaquah Middle School; and Michael Shaw, an eighth-grader at Maywood Middle School.

The winner of the state Geographic Bee will receive $100 and a trip to the national finals at the National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on May 19 and 20.

The winner of that competition will receive a $25,000 college scholarship.