One hundred Hawai'i middle school students will compete April 4 at Blaisdell Center in the Hawaii Geographic Bee.

The winners from each participating school completed a test, and the top 100 students were chosen to compete in the state competition.

The National Geographic Society will pay for all state champions and teacher-escorts to come to the national championship in Washington, D.C., on May 20-21. The national winner gets a $25,000 college scholarship and a lifetime membership in the society.

GRANTS SUPPORT ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS

Grants of up to $6,000 are being offered to public schools interested in establishing residency programs for artists.

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is accepting applications for the grants, which allow all schools, including charter schools, to bring a teaching artist into the classroom for 10 or more sessions with the same students.

Call 586-0768 for information and application forms or go to www.hawaii.gov/sfca.

TWO STUDENTS, TEACHER HONORED

Two Hawai'i students and one teacher were honored by the Siemens Foundation in its annual Awards for Advanced Placement.

Thomas Young from Punahou School and Bo Hyung Yoon from Hawai'i Preparatory Academy won scholarships worth $2,000. Deborah Kula, a teacher at Sacred Hearts Academy, won the teachers award, worth $1,000.

'Iolani School won the high school award. The school will receive $1,000 to support math and science education.

HUMANE SOCIETY HOLDS WORKSHOP

The Hawaiian Humane Society, in partnership with the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, will hold a daylong "Humane Education, Values Education" workshop on March 29 for teachers and nonprofit organizations that work with youth.

Participants will discuss the connection between animal abuse and human violence and explore how to develop and implement lessons into curriculum plans. Participants will also discuss service learning and sample projects.

The workshop will be held at the Hawaiian Humane Society from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Full day sessions are $75 and half-day are $55. Visit www.hawaiianhumane.org for more information or to register.

SAKIMOTO SCORES WITH SHAKESPEARE

Kelsey Sakimoto from Punahou School is the winner of the State Shakespeare Competition sponsored by the English Speaking Union of the United States-Hawai'i Branch.

Sakimoto won an all-expenses paid trip to New York for the national competition. The winner gets a scholarship to study at Oxford, England.

Hawai'i's second place award went to Shelley Wong of St. Andrews Priory. Third was Amy Fisk from Maryknoll School.

VOLUNTEERS WILL WORK WITH KIDS

The Muscular Dystrophy Association needs volunteers to help children with neuromuscular diseases at its June 6 to 13 camp at YMCA Camp H.R. Erdman on O'ahu's North Shore.

Volunteers each will be assigned to be companion to a child with neuromuscular disease and help them with outdoor activities such as swimming and horseback riding.

Application deadline is March 31. Call Jennifer Li at 593-4454.