Southeastern hosts Foreign Language Festival

Southeastern recently hosted the 42nd annual Foreign Language Festival on campus.

The festival drew schools from Orleans, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and West Feliciana parishes that brought nearly 150 students to compete in Spanish and French recitation, oral interview, music, dance, and extemporaneous speaking categories.

Mount Carmel Academy received first place in French Theatre, while Cabrini High School received second place and West Feliciana third place. Cabrini also nabbed first place in French Dance, while West Feliciana finished second. In Spanish Dance, Mount Carmel claimed first place, with Cabrini in second. Mount Carmel also finished first in Spanish Theater, with West Feliciana coming in second and St. Thomas Aquinas High School third. St. Paul’s School received first place honors in Spanish Music, while Cabrini finished second and St. Thomas third.

Individual winners, listed by parish and school, were:

ORLEANS PARISH
Cabrini High School – First Place: Jordin McFarland, French Recitation, IV; Ava Leger, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Lorena Gonsoulin, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Jose Bacino, Spanish Recitation III; Isabela Oberlies, Spanish Recitation IV; Tessa Anderson, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Emily Zavala Maldonado, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking, Native Speaker; and Ana Maria Andrade, Spanish Native Speaker Translation. Second Place: Kennedy Valentino, French Recitation I; London Frank, French Recitation II; Reilly May, French Recitation III; Emeline Prochaska, French Recitation IV; Chloe Williams, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Celeste Sanchez, Spanish Recitation, Native Speaker; Kyla Jones, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; and Sabine Neveh, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II. Third Place: Veronica Petit, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Khloe Cook, Spanish Recitation II; Claire Voder, Spanish Recitation III; and Isabella Rodi, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III. Honorable Mention: Na’Khi Myers, French Native Speaker; Brie Haydel, French Native Speaker Translation; Chloe Solomon, French Native Speaker.

Mount Carmel Academy – First Place: Nina Young, French Recitation I; Vivian O’Reilly, French Recitation II; Natalia Lara, French Recitation III; Adair Rodriguez, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Sydney Templet, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Alexis Gray, French Oral Interview; Olivia Kuhn, Spanish Recitation I; Caitlin Picone, Spanish Recitation II; Angelinna Duarte-Romero, Spanish Recitation, Native Speaker; Sophia Ho, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; Avah Smith, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III; and Addison Ferreras, Spanish Oral Interview. Second Place: Lauren Loris, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Alexis Gray, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV; and Addison Ferreras, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH
Archbishop Hannan High School – First Place: Tripp Robinson, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I. Second Place: Sam Porche, Spanish Recitation I; and Katharine Strecker, Spanish Recitation II. Third Place: Camila Mira, Spanish Recitation, Native Speaker; and Nicole Ferguson, Spanish Native Speaker, Translation.

Pope John Paul II High School – Second Place: Sierra Osburn, French Extemporaneous Speaking I. Third Place: Alex Barth, French Recitation I; Scarllett Kingman, French Recitation II; and Celia Gross, French Recitation IV.

St. Paul’s School – Second Place: Erick Wise, Spanish Recitation III; Javier Orejarena, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking, Native Speaker; and Payton Tate, Spanish Native Speaker, Translation. Third Place: Patrick Brister, Spanish Recitation I; Noah Diaz, Spanish Recitation IV; Keegan Jones, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; and Nathan Oliver, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II.TANGIPAHOA PARISH
St. Thomas Aquinas High School – Second Place: Jada Mosley, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III.

WEST FELICIANA PARISH
West Feliciana High School – Second Place: Alejandro Gonzales, Spanish Recitation IV. Third Place: Nicolas Wadsack, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV.