Southeastern hosts Foreign Language Festival

Southeastern Louisiana University recently hosted the 43rd annual Foreign Language Festival.

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

Cabrini High School received first place in French Music, while Pope John Paul II High School received second place. Mount Carmel Academy claimed first place in Spanish Theater, with St. Thomas Aquinas in second, and St. Paul’s School in third. Cabrini also finished first in Spanish Music, with St. Thomas Aquinas coming in second. In Spanish Dance, Cabrini came in first, while Mount Carmel finished second.

Individual winners, listed by parish and school, were:
NATCHITOCHES PARISH
Louisiana School of Math, Science and the Arts – First Place: Valentina Forkner, French Native Speaker and French Translation. Second Place: Madeline McClure, French Recitation I. Third Place: Cara Jones, Spanish Recitation III; and Lily Gros, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III.

ORLEANS PARISH
Cabrini High School – First Place: Jade Lockett, French Recitation III; Corinne Lagarde, French Recitation IV; Veronica Petit, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Jordin McFarland, French Oral Interview; Ava Leger, French Music; Fiona Dipaola, Spanish Recitation II; McKenzie Dixon, Spanish Recitation IV; Peri Smith, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; Andrea Flemmings, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; and Emily Zavala Maldonado, Spanish Native Speaker Translation. Second Place: Ainsley Welch, French Recitation II; Na’Khi Myers, French Native Speaker; Ava Partain, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Imani Felix, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Brie Haydel, French Translation; Sabine Noveh, Spanish Recitation III; Sofia Zavala, Spanish Recitation Native Speaker; and Isabella Carvalho, Spanish Extemporaneous Native Speaker. Third Place: Abigail Seamster, Spanish Recitation I; and Giuliana Goodick, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I. Honorable Mention: Jordin McFarland, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV; and Lorena Gonsoulin, French Native Speaker.

Mount Carmel Academy – First Place: Arabella Mordock, French Recitation II; Sydney Templet, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Angelina Duarte-Romero, Spanish Recitation Native Speaker; Marie Evans, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; Mackenzie Johnson, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III; Isabella Libreros, Spanish Extemporaneous Native Speaker; and Carolina Helvaci, Spanish Oral Interview. Second Place: Lauren Loris, French Recitation IV; Adair Rodriguez, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Leah Gendusa, Spanish Recitation I; Olivia Kuhn, Spanish Recitation II; Amielle Schell, Spanish Recitation IV; Carolina Helvaci, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Juliana Bech, Spanish Native Speaker Translation; and Karry Zepeda-Martinez, Spanish Dance. Third Place: Anna Rocha, French Recitation I; Sierra Osburn, French Recitation II; and Sloane Bennett-Borel, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH
Pope John Paul II High School – First Place: Dillon King, French Recitation I; and Ben Yuratich, French Extemporaneous Speaking I. Second Place: Scarlet Kingman, French Recitation III and French Music. Third Place: Geordan Rogers, French Extemporaneous Speaking II.

St. Paul’s School – First Place: Sam Digby, Spanish Recitation III. Second Place: Luke Mouledous, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; John Cooley, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; and Hampton Avery, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III. Third Place: Keegan Jones, Spanish Recitation II; and Julian Conzonere, Spanish Recitation Native Speaker.

TANGIPAHOA PARISH
St. Thomas Aquinas High School – First Place: Allison Foster, Spanish Recitation I.