Southeastern Louisiana University

Mount Carmel, Brother Martin win annual Southeastern Foreign Language Festival

Contact: Christina Chapple

4/22/08

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     Held at the University Center and sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the festival drew 18 schools from surrounding parishes to participate in Spanish and French poetry, prose, and extemporaneous speaking categories and as groups in music and plays.

     Mount Carmel was best school in Spanish categories and was the overall winner in Tier 1, the division for magnet schools and schools with more than 600 students. Brother Martin garnered the highest award for Tier 2, schools with less than 600 students. Archbishop Chapelle High School was the best school in French categories.

     In the Spanish music category, winners were Mount Carmel Academy, first; St. Helena Central High School, second; Northlake Christian School, third. The Spanish play winners were St. Scholastica Academy, first; Mount Carmel Academy, second; Northlake Christian School, third.

     In French music, Live Oak High School took first place, St. Scholastica Academy, second, and Ponchatoula High School, third. St. Scholastica Academy placed first in French play or drama; John Ehret High School, second; and Brother Martin High School, third. 

     Individual winners, listed by school, were:

TANGIPAHOA PARISH

     Hammond High School – Rose DePaula, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 1, third.

     Ponchatoula High School – Kevin Louth, French Prose 2, first.

LIVINGSTON PARISH

     Live Oak High School – Christina Jackson, French Prose 1, first; Chelsea Rickett, French Prose 3, first; Doug Perry, French Prose 4, second; Jessica Cole, French Poetry 1, second; Julie Martin, French Poetry 2, third; Rebecca Ashford, French Poetry 4, third.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH

     Northlake Christian School – Janae Hogg, Spanish Poetry 2, first; Abby Hooper, Spanish Prose 1, second; Forrest Duplantier, Spanish Poetry 1, second; Emily Bounds, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 1, second.

     St. Paul School – Bryan Rozycki, Spanish Prose 4, first; Seth Hagan, Spanish Poetry 1, first; Ralph Whalen, Spanish Poetry 3, first; Cody Welliver, Spanish Poetry 4, first; Carlos Espindola, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker, first; Colin Babcock, Spanish Prose 3, second; Christopher Watkins, Spanish Prose- Native Speaker, second; Alejandro Luna, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker, second; Alejandro Otero, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 3, third; Scott Mayer, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 4, third.

     St. Scholastica Academy – Shelbi Hemelt, Spanish Poetry 2, third; Lauren McDaniel, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 2, third.

ORLEANS PARISH

     Mount Carmel Academy – Madelyn Gonzalez, Spanish Prose 2, first; Lydia Lopez, Spanish Prose 3, first; Michelle Sentillas, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 1, first; Victoria Bourgeois, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 2, first; Aryelle Stafford, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 3, first; Jessica Taylor, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 4, first; Alysse Kelly, French Poetry 2, first; Erica Kelly, French Extemporaneous Speaking 4, first; Casie James, Spanish Prose 4, second; Michelle Perez, Spanish Poetry 2, second; Abbey Kerner, French Prose 1, second; Emily Kranz, French Poetry 3, second; Erin Classen, French Poetry 4, second; Caroline Gaspard, French Extemporaneous Speaking 1, second; Heather Underwood, Spanish Prose 1, third; Ashley Ledet, Spanish Poetry 3, third; Julie Leveque, Spanish Poetry 4, third; Margot Albares, French Prose 2, third; Mary Kathryn Carpanzano, French Prose 3, third; Jeanne Capella, French Prose 4, third.

     Brother Martin High School – Ande LeBeau, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 2, second; Blake Bazile, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 4, second; David Cardenez, Spanish Prose-Native Speaker, third; Roberto Marin, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker, third; Manuel Flores, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker, third; Francis Aguillard, French Poetry 3, third; Bryce Cason, French Extemporaneous Speaking 1, third.

     Ursuline Academy – Sabrina Hijuelos, French Poetry-Native Speaker, first; Teresa Ann Krasnow, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking 3, second; Mary Grace Bernard, French Extemporaneous Speaking 3, third.

JEFFERSON PARISH

     Academy of Our Lady – Krystal Knecht, Spanish Prose 2, second; Francisca Harold, Spanish Poetry 1, third.

     Archbishop Chappelle High School – Madison Boudreaux, Spanish Prose 1, first; Daniella Call, Spanish Prose-Native Speaker, first; Cathy Juarez, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker, first; Linda Auduong, French Poetry 3, first; Lindsey Boyer, French Extemporaneous Speaking 1, first; Madeleine Broussard, French Extemporaneous Speaking 2, first; Rebecca Milazzo, Spanish Poetry 3, second; Hannah Hess, Spanish Poetry 4, second; Ashley Izahola, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker, second; Angela Altamirano, French Prose 2, second; Aubry Brayard, French Poetry 2, second; Caitlin McGinnis, French Extemporaneous Speaking 3, second; Taylor Gorman, Spanish Prose 2, third; Danielle Wetzel, Spanish Prose 3, third; Hayley Eckert, Spanish Prose 4, third; Blanca Canales, French Prose 1, third; Isabelle Canales, French Poetry 1, third; Whitney Steele, French Extemporaneous Speaking 4, third.

     John Ehret High School – Ngoc Huynh, French Prose 4, first; Briana Crabtree, French Poetry 1, first; Monica Lara, French Prose 2, second; Kim Hoang, French Extemporaneous Speaking 4, second; Ashley Westmoreland, French Extemporaneous Speaking 2, third.

Natchitoches Parish

     Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts – Kelsey Hundley, French Poetry 4, first; Caitie Davis, French Extemporaneous Speaking 3, first; Melissa Utorno, French Extemporaneous Speaking 2, second.