Southeastern hosts Foreign Language Festival
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
by: Tonya Lowentritt
1) 
2) 
3) 
4) 
Cutlines are located at the bottom of the press release.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University recently hosted the annual Foreign
Language Festival on campus.
The festival drew schools from Orleans and St. Tammany parishes to compete in Spanish
and French poetry, prose, and extemporaneous speaking categories and as groups in
music.
In group activities, Cabrini High School claimed first place in French and Spanish
Music. Pope John Paul II Catholic High School received second place in French Music,
while Mt. Carmel Academy placed third. In Spanish Music, Archbishop Hannan High School
placed second and Mt. Carmel placed third.
Individual winners, listed by parish and school, were:
ORLEANS PARISH
Cabrini High School – First Place: Marley Marsalis, French Native Speaker Extemporaneous Speaking; Aleah Bradford,
French Native Speaker Translation; Hilary Vancresson, Spanish Poetry III; Logan Lewis,
Spanish Poetry IV and Spanish Oral Interview; Marsha Quispe, Spanish Native Speaker;
Harmony Addison, Spanish Prose I; C’ra Humbert, Spanish Prose IV; Meredith Severa,
Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; and Gabriela Olivier, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking
III. Second Place: Zoe Gaskaw, French Poetry II; Lillie Kenndard, French Prose I; Jordyn Blarcher,
French Prose IV; Na’Khi Myers, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Olivia Bernard, French
Extemporaneous Speaking II; Laila Washington, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Nevada
Charity, Spanish Poetry II; Sienna Green, Spanish Prose II; Bridgette Murillo, Spanish
Native Speaker Prose and Native Speaker Extemporaneous Speaking; Tessa Anderson, Spanish
Extemporaneous Speaking II; Logan Lewis, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Tessa
Anderson, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; Logan Lewis, Spanish Extemporaneous
Speaking IV; and Sofia Quispe, Spanish Native Speaker Translation. Third Place: Ava Rovira, French Poetry I; Eula Estrada, French Poetry III; Isabelle Bernard,
French Poetry IV; Josephine Sciano, French Prose III; Annalise Collin, Spanish Poetry
I; and Brynn Miller, Spanish Prose III.
Mount Carmel Academy – First Place: Rebecca Vindel, French Poetry I; Hanna Hammond, French Poetry III; Amelia Mary, French Poetry IV; Alexis Gray, French Prose I; Ariel Engert, French Prose IV; Layla Sens, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Riley Kitchen, Spanish Poetry II; Marguerite Hopkins, Spanish Prose II; Giselle Estrada, Spanish Native Speaker Prose; Katherine Gilbert, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; and Sophia Sloss, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV. Second Place: Ava Wimberly, French Prose II; Margaret Watson, French Prose III; Sophia Giarusso French Native Speaker Extemporaneous Speaking; Anne-Marie Howat, French Native Speaker Translation; Francesca Rose, Spanish Poetry III; Sarah Bernardas, Spanish Poetry IV; Isabella Zabaleta, Spanish Native Speaker Poetry; Addison Ferraras, Spanish Prose I; Elyssa Lasair, Spanish Prose III; Memphis Kronlage, Spanish Prose IV; and Darian Joachim, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I. Third Place: Sophia England, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Milan Nguyen, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III; Elyssa Pedalino, Spanish Native Speaker Extemporaneous Speaking; Marcela Guitierrez, Spanish Native Speaker Translation.
ST. TAMMANY PARISH
Archbishop Hannan High School – First Place: Mary Barwick, French Poetry II; Georgia Gottschalk, French Extemporaneous Speaking
I; Luke Boudreaux, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Amalie Thrasher, Spanish Poetry
I; Nyssa Valencia, Spanish Prose III; Natalia Elvir, Spanish Native Speaker Extemporaneous
Speaking; and Victoria Fernandez, Spanish Native Speaker Translation. Second Place: Melia Broussard, French Poetry I; and Adelyn Lemoine, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking
III. Third Place: Gaby Buffa, French Prose II and Sebastian Elvir, Spanish Native Speaker Prose.
Pope John Paul II Catholic School – First Place: Jasmin Pham, French Prose II and Alex Bremond, French Prose III. Second Place: Morgan Thies, French Poetry III; Joey Hosni, French Poetry IV; and Avery Cerise, Spanish Poetry I. Third Place: James Thompson, French Poetry II; Aaron Frick, French Prose I; Wyatt Combs, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Marshall Thompson, Spanish Poetry II; Sarah Humberg, Spanish Poetry III; Angela Kelley, Spanish Prose I; and Evan Keister, Spanish Prose II.
St. Scholastica Academy – Third Place: Sofia Eversgerd, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II.
CUTLINES
1) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (FRENCH) FROM ORLEANS PARISH - Students from Orleans Parish recently competed in French and placed at the Foreign Language Festival at Southeastern Louisiana University. Pictured are, front row, from left, Hanna Hammond, Ariel Engert, Rebecca Vindel, and Layla Sens, all from Mt. Carmel Academy. Back row, from left, are Marley Marsalis, Aleah Bradford, Lillie Kennard, all from Cabrini High School, and Amelia Mary and Alexis Gray of Mt. Carmel Academy.
2) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (SPANISH) FROM ORLEANS PARISH - Students from Orleans Parish recently competed in Spanish and placed at the Foreign Language Festival at Southeastern Louisiana University. Pictured are, front row, from left, Marcia Quispe, C’ra Humbert, and Logan Lewis, all from Cabrini High School, Marguerite Hopkins, Riley Kitchen, and Sofia Sloss, all from Mt. Carmel Academy.
3) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS FROM ST. TAMMANY PARISH – Students from St. Tammany Parish recently competed and placed in the Foreign Language Festival at Southeastern Louisiana University. Pictured, front row, from left, are Georgia Gottschalk, Mary Barwick, and Natalie Elvir of Archbishop Hannan High School. Back row, from left, are Luke Boudreaux, Nyssa Valencia, and Amalie Thrasher of Archbishop Hannan High School.
4) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – Students from area parishes recently competed at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Foreign Language Festival. Two scholarships were awarded at the festival. From left, are Jerry Parker, Southeastern instructor of French and Spanish, Layla Sens, French winner, Logan Lewis, Spanish winner, and Aileen Mootoo, instructor of French.
