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Civics Bee
1/30/2026 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
For the first time, Minnesota will take part in the National Civics Bee and Hermantown's Chamber...
For the first time, Minnesota will take part in the National Civics Bee and the Hermantown Chamber of Commerce is hosting a regional competition in April. Learn more about which grade levels are eligible and what students need to submit by the Feb. 3 deadline.
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The Slice
Civics Bee
1/30/2026 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
For the first time, Minnesota will take part in the National Civics Bee and the Hermantown Chamber of Commerce is hosting a regional competition in April. Learn more about which grade levels are eligible and what students need to submit by the Feb. 3 deadline.
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From understanding how government works to engaging in solving community problems it's a great chance for students to really increase their civic literacy.
I'm Kim Parmeter president and CEO of the Hermantown Area Chamber of Commerce And we are very excited to be hosting the first regional competition for the U.S.
Chamber Foundation's Civics Bee.
As a concerted effort with the 250th anniversary year of the United States, they wanted to make sure that every state was participating, and Minnesota was one of the last ones to join in on that.
And so we're super excited that this is this is the first year Minnesota is participating.
And Hermantown was selected as a regional partner.
The competition is open to any sixth, seventh and eighth graders.
They have to fulfill an essay requirement.
They can submit that all entirely online by February 3rd.
And after that, they'll be notified a few weeks later if they are going to move forward.
And then our regional competition will be in, April Students can submit their applications online.
Just go to our website, Hermantown chamber.com It's just a great chance to give them a voice because they are our future leaders.
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