Southeastern Louisiana University

St. Paul's wins Southeastern Foreign Language Festival

Contact: Tonya Lowentritt

4/12/11

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     HAMMOND – St. Paul’s School of Covington took top honors at the 29th annual Foreign Language Festival at Southeastern Louisiana University April 5.
     The festival drew 14 schools from surrounding parishes to compete in Spanish and French poetry, prose, and extemporaneous speaking categories and as groups in music and plays.
     St. Paul’s School of Covington took top honors in Tier 1, the division for magnet schools and schools with more than 600 students, while the Louisiana School of Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches garnered the highest award for Tier 2, schools with fewer than 600 students. 
     Best School in Spanish was St. Paul’s, while Best School in French was Mt. Carmel Academy of New Orleans.
     In the French music category, winners were St. Scholastica Academy of Covington, first; Mt. Carmel, second; and Ponchatoula High School, third. In the French play category, John Ehret High School of Marrero was first, Mt. Carmel, second; and St. Scholastica, third.
     Spanish music winners were Mt. Carmel, first; St. Paul’s School, second; and North Lake Christian School of Covington, third. In the Spanish play category, Mt. Carmel was first; Academy of Our Lady in Marrero, second; and St. Scholastica, third.
     Two students received special festival awards. Joshua Springer of Baton Rouge Magnet High School received the Wallonie-Bruxelles International Scholarship, presented by the French community of Belgium, while Patrick Richards of St. Paul’s School received a Mexican cruise from New Orleans, presented by the Southeastern Languages and Communication Department.
     Individual winners, listed by parish, were:

 
EAST BATON ROUGH PARISH
     Baton Rouge Magnet High School – Daniel Anton, French Extemporaneous Speaking II, first; Kevin Orr, French Extemporaneous Speaking III, first; Joshua Springer, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV, first; Sarah Beck, French Extemporaneous Speaking I, second; Yohan Shirazi, French Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker, second.

JEFFERSON PARISH
     Archbishop Chapelle High School – Riwa Bader, French Extemporaneous Speaking I, first; Dahlia Chokr, French Extemporaneous Speaking II, second; Layan Chokr, French Extemporaneous Speaking III, second; Claire Wilson, French Prose II, third; Tala Maalouli, French Poetry I, third; Madison Boudreaux, Spanish Prose IV, first; Madeline Janney, Spanish Poetry IV, first; Erin Bourgeois, Spanish Poetry I, third. 
     John Ehret High School – Jordan Sprinks, French Prose IV, first; Skye Bocage, French Poetry I, first; Perla Soto, French Poetry IV, first; Elizabeth Rea, French Prose I, second; Hung Bui, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV, third; Ricky Tran, Spanish Poetry II, second.

LIVINGSTON PARISH
     Live Oak High School – Haley Thibodeaux, French Prose I, first; Ashlyn Richardson, French Poetry II, first; Jacob Bagwell, French Prose II, second; Automa Hollis, French Prose III, third; Ali Perregrino, French Prose IV, third; Blair Porciau, French Poetry III, third.

NATCHITOCHES PARISH
     Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts – Brandon Lally, French Poetry III, first; Teressa Sammartino, French Poetry I, second; Spencer Watson, French Poetry IV, second; Kripa Upadhyay, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I, first; Crystal Nisby, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II, first; Greg Hall, Spanish Poetry III, third; Kathrynn Duberville, Spanish Poetry IV, third; Giovanna Rocha, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker, third; Molly Metzger, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III, third.

ORLEANS PARISH
     De La Salle High School – Collin Swayne, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV, first; Hugo Garza, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker, second; Lorenzo Vergara, Spanish Prose-Native Speaker, third.
     Mt. Carmel Academy – Sarah Hulliger, French Prose II, first; Kirsten Sahuque, French Prose III, first; Abby Kerner, French Prose IV, second; Rhea Morell, French Poetry III, second; Caroline Gaspard, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV, second; Cat Clade, French Prose I, third; Quinci Lonzo, French Poetry IV, third; Virginia Falcroust, French Extemporaneous Speaking I, third; Danielle Mauren, French Extemporaneous Speaking II, third; Caroline Wiewiorowski, French Extemporaneous Speaking III, third; Nathalie Failla, Spanish Prose I, first; Jasmine Jones, Spanish Prose II, first; Ashley Ory, Spanish Prose III, first; Zoe Perret, Spanish Prose IV, second; Michelle Sentilles, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV, second; Emilia Duncan, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I, third.
     Urban League of Greater New Orleans – Lucia Hughes, French Prose III, second; Joshua Young, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III, second; Oscar Garcia, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker, third.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH
     Northlake Christian School – Gabrielle Soong, Spanish Poetry I, first; Cecilia Mula, Spanish Poetry II, first; Armani Porter, Spanish Prose II, second; Micah Odom, Spanish Poetry III, second; Karson Sharp, Spanish Prose I, third.
 Pope John Paul II High School – Alex Price, French Poetry II, third.
     St. Paul’s School – Jose Iturriaga, Spanish Prose-Native Speaker, first; Andrew Mullet, Spanish Poetry III, first; Andrew Bevolo, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III, first; William Kenyon, Spanish Prose I, second; Hunter Simonson, Spanish Poetry I, second; Robert Heap, Spanish Poetry IV, second; Steven Arias, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker, second; Colin Hanley, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I, second; Peter Yager, Spanish Prose II, third; Alex Autin, Spanish Prose III, third; William Syll, Spanish Prose IV, third; Jaelaun Cavalier, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II, third; Patrick Richards, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV, third.
     St. Scholastica Academy – Ashleigh Sparks, French Poetry II, second; Melanie Malstehd, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker, first; Maria Amaya, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker, first; Anna Thorson, Spanish Prose III, second; Claudia Barrios, Spanish Prose-Native Speaker, second; Abigail Stanga, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II, second; Logan Walthers, Spanish Poetry II, third.

CUTLINES
1) EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH – Students from Baton Rouge Magnet High School were among the first place winners at the Foreign Language Festival held at Southeastern Louisiana University April 5. From left are Joshua Springer and Daniel Anton.

2) NATCHITOCHES PARISH FIRST PLACE WINNERS – Students from Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts were among the first place winners at the Foreign Language Festival held at Southeastern Louisiana University April 5. From left are Crystal Nisby, Brandon Lally and Kripa Upadhyay.

3) ST. TAMMANY PARISH FIRST PLACE WINNERS – Students from St. Tammany Parish were among the first place winners at the April 5 Foreign Language Festival held at Southeastern Louisiana University. From left, front, are Cecilia Mula and Gabrielle Soong of Northlake Christian School, Melanie Mahlstedt and Maria Amaya of St. Scholastica Academy, Andrew Mullett, Jose Iturriaga and Andrew Bevolo of St. Paul’s School.

4) JEFFERSON PARISH EAST BANK FIRST PLACE WINNERS – Students from Archbishop Chapelle High School were among the first place winners at the Foreign Language Festival held at Southeastern Louisiana University on April 5. From left are Madeline Janney, Madison Boudreaux and Riwa Bader.

5) JEFFERSON PARISH WESTBANK FIRST PLACE WINNERS – Students from John Ehret High School were among the winners at the Foreign Language Festival held at Southeastern Louisiana University on April 5. From left, front, are Kim Truong, Jordan Sprinks, Diana Cao, Cindy Padilla, Perla Soto, Ricky Tram, Brianna Crabtree. From back, left, are Thu Le, Andrew Pham, Hung Bui, Thang Phan, and Skye Bocage.

6) ORLEANS PARISH FIRST PLACE WINNERS – Students from Orleans Parish were among the first place winners at the Foreign Language Festival held at Southeastern Louisiana University April 5. From left, front, are Theresa Massony, Sarah Hulliger, Nathalie Failla and Kirsten Sahuque all of Mt. Carmel Academy. From left, back, are Abigayle Rhode-Pausina and Madeline Engler of Mt. Carmel Academy; Collin Swayne of De La Salle High School; Jasmine Jones and Ashley Ory of Mt. Carmel Academy.