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Robert Beletsky, of Wilkes-Barre, a seventh-grade student at Wyoming Seminary Lower School and the son of Ms. Marina Belkina of Wilkes-Barre and Mr. Stanislav Beletsky of Mountain Top, recently survived eight rounds to win the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee contest and a chance to continue on to state competition. Vaughn Kutish, of Forty Fort, eighth grade, son of Karen and Joseph Kutish, was runner-up. Beletsky and Kutish were among about 50 students from grades 5 to 8 to compete in the contest. The school-level bee — which requires students to answer oral questions on U.S. states, U.S. history, ocean wonders, the continents, science and other categories — was the first round in the 30th annual National Geographic Bee. Seen following the conclusion of the bee are Robert Beletsky, Vaughn Kutish and William Davis, bee moderator and Sem social studies faculty.