Congratulations to all students who participated in Le Grand Concours (French Contest) on March 15. The results are in!

Le Grand Concours is a national contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Nearly 44,000 students in all 50 states competed in the 2023 event. The Concours is on the list of approved tests published by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. International School is proud to announce that several of our students have ranked in the highest scores and received an award this year.

• Gold Award (students in 95th percentile and above): Andrew Davidson, Anthony Chen, Sarah
  Ren, Isabella Mainetti, Viviana Mainetti.
• Silver Award (students in 94th through 85th percentile): Maksim Pavlicic, Zoe Hyrien, Cameron Picon, Aaryaman Chopra, Cameron Novotny, McKenzie Toomey, Magdalena White, Sasha Nathani-Sim, Desarda Palash, Audrey Zhang, Matthew Han, Annabelle Chen, Vlad Stafie, Albert Hengyucius, Daniel Pong, Natalie Fang, Sophia Hur, Belle Zhu.
• Bronze Award (students in 84th through 75th percentile): Ian Choy, Emily Maynard, Nadia Marini, Angela Guo, Nived Parakh, Jacquelyn Smiddy, Dahlia Parekh, Julia Kenny, Jackson Novotny, Sofia Jo, Jillian Nguyen, Gabriella Lanhaus, Aditi Pant, Vieira Cheon, Wynston Su, Noah Leibmann, Niah Pham, Ceren Gungor.
• Honorable Mention Award (students in 74th through 50th percentile) Neal Mewawalla, Zoe Webb, Abigail Smiddy, Chloe Lo, Shriya Palekar, Arielle Kim, Ellie Yoo, Auva Pourlotfali, Evan Lee, Angela Johnson, Alyssa Dournova, Abigail Parish, Ben Blunt, Julia Johnson, Evelyn Lin, Emily Sun, Aarav Sengupta, Vaishnav Sudarshan, Peyton Cheng, Kyle Li, Ivy Wilson, Ivan Cheng, Ivan Pong, Luiza Opermann Buzzo, Emma Yiu, Aria Maciain, Arabelle Kim.

AATF President Eileen Walvoord indicated: “These students have demonstrated excellence in their study of French and are to be highly commended. In their French classes, throughout the school year, they have used the French language to engage with authentic documents and individuals around the world, all the while exploring cultures as diverse as Mali and Monaco, Senegal and Switzerland, Tunisia, and Togo. The superior level of language achievement that they have attained will serve them well as they use these linguistic and communication skills throughout their personal and professional lives interacting with diverse peoples and cultures around the world and in their own communities.”

For more information about the National French Contest, please visit www.frenchteachers.org/concours.

All students who took part in the contest, regardless of score, will receive a printed certificate of participation. Thank you to all and félicitations!

Questions? Contact Gwen Geslin.