Travel and Geography "Smarts" Earn White Bear Lake Student State Title and Trip to Orlando for Finals of AAA Travel High School Challenge.BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- Ryan Burkhardt, a 12th grade student from White Bear Lake Area High School White Bear Lake Area High School, abbreviated WBLAHS, is a high school in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. The school was formed by merging White Bear High School and White Bear Lake Mariner High in White Bear Lake, has earned a chance to compete for a $20,000 college scholarship in the AAA Travel High School Challenge The AAA Travel High School Challenge (sometimes shortened to AAA Travel Challenge) is an annual travel-themed scholarship competition run by the American Automobile Association, open to students in grades 9-12 in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. , a nationwide competition on travel and geography knowledge. This May, Burkhardt will travel to Orlando, Fla., and represent Minnesota in the nerve-wracking national finals, where he will compete with other winners from across the country. The AAA Travel High School Challenge aims to increase teens' travel knowledge and geographic literacy while creating awareness of career opportunities in the travel and tourism industries. High school students around the state registered for the online portion of the competition and the top five scorers advanced to the state finals. Burkhardt scored the highest on a 40-question written, proctored exam taken by each of the five state finalists. The state exams challenged students' knowledge of U.S. and world geography, with an emphasis on travel and tourist destinations. Sample questions are available online at www.aaa AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. .com/travelchallenge. "Ryan should be very proud because these questions are not easy," said Gail Weinholzer, director of public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. , AAA Minnesota/Iowa. "He will compete with the some of the nation's brightest students at the competition in Orlando." "When so few Americans make education a priority in their travel decisions, it's great to see so many students excelling in their travel and geographic knowledge," said Sandra Hughes, AAA Travel vice president. "These skills make Travel Challenge participants the perfect candidates for future careers in the travel industry." The national finals will be held May 19-22, 2007, at Universal Studios. Students will compete in a high-stakes, single-elimination bee for a grand prize $20,000 scholarship. Second and third place prizes will also be awarded at $10,000 and $5,000, respectively. In addition to the unrestricted scholarship competition, students also had the option to use their travel and geography knowledge to compete in a travel-specific scholarship program for those interested in careers in the travel and tourism industry. State essay winners will receive a $1,000 scholarship and will go on to compete for a national essay award for a $5,000 scholarship. Sponsors of the AAA Travel High School Challenge include Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Continental Airlines, Hard Rock Live, Marriott, Pleasant Holidays and Universal Orlando. More information about the competition is available at www.aaa.com/travelchallenge. The AAA Travel High School Challenge is the official scholarship competition for AAA Travel, the largest full service leisure travel agency in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . AAA Travel has more than 1,000 accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. travel agency locations generating more than $3.6 billion in revenues. AAA Travel provides domestic and international airline tickets, cruises, escorted tours Escorted tours are a form of tourism in which travelers are escorted in a group to various destinations, verses a self-guided tour where the tourist is on their own. Escorted tours are normally conducted by a tour director who takes care of all services from the beginning to end , independent tour packages, hotels, car rentals and other travel products. AAA Travel's services are available to everyone and are also available on the Internet at www.aaa.com/travel. AAA offers automotive, travel, insurance and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to 50 million members in the United States and Canada. AAA Minnesota/Iowa is part of The Auto Club Group, with 4.1 million members in eight Midwest states. |
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