NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER

February 18, 2008

By Nancy Bean Foster

PETERBOROUGH - ConVal High shows depth of knowledge A team of students from ConVal Regional High School will head to Alaska in April after winning the Nor'easter Bowl, an ocean sciences competition, on Feb. 9.

Students from ConVal competed against 14 other teams from northem New England high schools at the University of New Hampshire during the annual competition. Students Lily Beyer, Katherine Lantz, Terra Fletcher, Alice Hall and Mara Zrzavy, and coach Ken Cloutier won the regional championship and will go on to compete against 24 other regional teams at the 11th annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl in Seward, Alaska, from April 24 through 27.

A program of the Washington, D.C.-based Consortium for Ocean Leadership, the regional Nor'easter Bowl and National Oceans Sciences Bowl challenges students' knowledge of oceanography and marine science, according to organizer Mark Wiley.

The National Ocean Science Bowl competition includes question and answer "buzzer" rounds, team challenge questions, educational field trips and social activities that encourage interaction among student peers and with marine scientists. For more information on the competition or to view sample quiz questions, visit http:// www.nosb.org.