2023 - 2024 IAC Bee Program

We are thrilled to announce that our students excelled at the 2024 International Academic Competitions (IAC) National Bees competitions held in Orlando, Florida.

Tara K. won 4th place in Science Bee (4th Grade) National Finals.

Tara K. won 4th place and Adhya D. won 6th place in Academic Bee (4th Grade) National finals. Academic bee is a medley of all subjects - science/ math/ history/ geography/ literature/ mythology/ current events/ fine arts…anything and everything one can think of. The goal is to provoke curiosity and engagement in children.

Silicon Valley Blue Packet Regionals (Mar 16, 2024)

NorCal White Packet Regionals (Feb 10, 2024)

​Sinnott Students participate in the IAC Regionals!

Sinnott kids had a chance to participate in the first set of International Academic Competition (IAC) geography, history and science regional bees with impressive results.

• Youngest of the lot, Dev M. won 2nd place in 3rd grade Geography Bee. He was also the finalist in Science Bee. Additionally, he qualified for nationals and internationals in both geography and science Bee.

• Adhya D. was the 4th grade Science Bee champion. She was the finalist for History Bee and Geography Bee. Additionally, she qualified for nationals and internationals in GeographyBbee. She also qualified for nationals in History Bee.

• Maya M. won 2nd place in the 4th grade Science Bee and qualified for nationals and international.

• Tara K. was the 4th grade Geography Bee regional champion, History Bee and Science Bee regional finalist. She qualified for nationals and internationals in all three disciplines.

• Advik K. was a finalist for the 5th grade History Bee and qualified for nationals.

• Shreya R. and Aditi S. were finalists for the 6th grade Science Bee and qualified for nationals.

Overall, the Sinnott Bee PTA program has sparked an interest of quiz in a growing number of kids. It is a fun way for kids to learn more about a subject. While winning feels great, it’s not an ultimate goal. It’s good for kids to develop a curious mind and participation in bees is one way to trigger that curiosity. To participate in a regional bee, the first step is to take an online regional qualifying exam and earn a qualifying score. Students can participate in up to 3 regional finals per academic season, once per question set being offered. IAC offers question set Red in the fall, question set White in the winter, and question set Blue in the spring. Students qualify for nationals by finishing in the top 50% of their competing division at their regional final. Students qualify for internationals by finishing in the top 25% of their competing division at their regional final or by finishing in the top 50% of their competing division at their national competition.