Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern hosts annual Foreign Language Festival

Contact: Christina Chapple

4/5/06

(1) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (ST. TAMMANY PARISH) -- Students from St. Tammany Parish schools who took first place in the 24th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 4 are, from left, seated, Edward Michael Dusson, Stephen Traina-Dorge, Michael Legendre, William Day; back, Jeffrey LeBlanc, Manuel Guitierrez, Luis Fernandez Martinez, Brian Logarbo, Bryan Rozycki, John Paul Tortorich.

(2) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (NEW ORLEANS AREA) -- Students from New Orleans area schools who took first place in the 24th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 4 are, from left, seated, Erin Hulin, Lauren Bordelon, Mary Kathryn Crapanzano, Ashley Ledet, Liesbeth Ramirez, Ailenne Espinosa, Rebecca Areaux, Genevieve Fontenot, Danielle Kenny, Anshika Tandon; back, Marina Cutaia, Capri Mandella, Sarah Denny, Christina Cambre, Hannah Hess, Daniela Anzola, Cathy Juarez, Erica Kelly, Liam Nolan, Ryan Judd.

(3) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (LIVINGSTON) -- Students from Livingston Parish who took first place in the 24th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 4 are, from left, seated, Catie Spears, Jenny Hood, Breanna Cloud, D.J. Thomas, Clint Moore, Tori Gaboury, Allie Spears, Tana Cox, Irena Bosnjak, Michelle Guerin; back, Andrew Ilgenfritz, Megan Curtin; back, Alex Lemoine, Kindra Aime, Derek Howard, Kristen Sibley, Kara Kendricks, Ashley Guidry, Laura Oxford, Kristen Brent.

(4) VANDEBILT STUDENT IS FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNER (TERREBONNE) -- Vandebilt Catholic High School student Brian Bourgeois was among the students who took first place in the 24th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 4. He was the first place winner in the Spanish poetry, third year, category.

(5) ST. THOMAS STUDENT IS FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNER (TANGIPAHOA) -- St. Thomas Aquinas student Veronica Wills was among the students who took first place in the 24th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 4. She took first place in the Spanish extemporaneous speaking, fourth year, category.

      HAMMOND -- The 24rd annual Foreign Language Festival at Southeastern Louisiana University awarded its top honors to Archbishop Chapelle High School and De la Salle High School.

      The festival, held Tuesday, April 4, at the University Center, drew 16 schools from surrounding parishes to participate in Spanish and French poetry, prose, and extemporaneous speaking categories and as groups in music and plays.

      Archbishop Chapelle was the winner in Tier 1, the division for magnet schools and schools with more than 600 students, while De la Salle garnered the highest award for Tier 2, schools with less than 600 students. Archbishop Chapelle also received the highest overall honors in Spanish, while the top honors in French went to Mount Carmel Academy.

      Participating schools also included Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, St. Scholastica Academy, Brother Martin High School, Fontainebleau High School, Ponchatoula High School, Springfield High School, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Immaculata High School, John Ehret High School, Vandebilt Catholic High School, Live Oak High School, Hammond High School, and St. Paul’s School.

      In the Spanish music category, winners were St. Paul's School, first; Vandebilt Catholic High School, second; Mount Carmel Academy, third. The Spanish play winners were Archbishop Chapelle High School, first; St. Scholastica Academy, second; Fontainebleau High School, third.

      In French music, Live Oak High School took first place; Mount Carmel Academy, second, and Springfield High School, third. Live Oak also placed first in French play or drama; St. Scholastica Academy, second; and Brother Martin High School, third. 

Individual winners, listed by school, were:

      ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE HIGH SCHOOL – Cathy Juarez, first, Spanish prose-native speaker; Hannah Hess, first, Spanish poetry II; Sarah Denny, first, Spanish poetry IV; Litany Bourdreaux, second, Spanish prose III; Liesbeth Ramirez, second, Spanish poetry-native speaker; Marina Cutaia, second, Spanish extemporaneous speaking-native speaker; Victoria Quintanilla, third, Spanish prose I; Shivani Jain, third, Spanish prose IV; Jordan Robelot, third, Spanish poetry I; Rachel Rodriguez, third, Spanish extemporaneous speaking I; Hayley Eckert, sthird, Spanish extemporaneous speaking II; Christina Cambre, first, French prose III; Daniela Anzola, first, French extemporaneous speaking III; Caitlin McGinnis, second, French prose I; Madushani Wijetunge, second, French prose II; Crystal Lewis, second, French poetry I; Amelie St. Roman, second, French Poetry II; Melissa Bucher, second, French poetry IV.

      BROTHER MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL – Craig Clement, third, Spanish extemporaneous speaking IV; Ryan Judd, first, French poetry II; Micah Silver, third, French prose I.

      DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL – Danielle Kenny, first, Spanish prose IV; Jose Diaz, third, Spanish prose-native speaker; Anna Fontenot, first, French prose IV; Liam Nolan, first, French extemporaneous speaking-native speaker; Brian O’Leary, second, French extemporaneous speaking III; Gabrielle Bethencourt, third, French prose III.

      FONTAINEBLEAU HIGH SCHOOL – Jeffrey LeBlanc, first, Spanish extemporaneous speaking II; Parker Anderson, second, Spanish prose I; Allan Fonseca, third, Spanish poetry-native speaker.

      IMMACULATA HIGH SCHOOL – Paula Jewel, first, Spanish Prose I.

      LIVE OAK HIGH SCHOOL – Irena Bosvjak, first, Spanish extemporaneous speaking I; Derek Howard, third, Spanish poetry II; Jenny Hood, first, French poetry I; Catie Sparts, first, French poetry IV; Erin Kilpatrick, second, French prose IV; Andrew Ilgenfritz, third, French prose II; Kristen Brent, third, French poetry II.

      LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS – Ashika Tandon, first, French poetry III.

      MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY – Ashley Ledet, first, Spanish poetry I; Catherine Rodriguez, second, Spanish prose II; Merrit Simon, second, Spanish poetry III; Mary Kathryn Carpanzo, first, French prose I; Rebecca Areaux, first, French extemporaneous speaking I; Erica Kelly, first, French extemporaneous speaking II; Kristina Salassi, second, French prose III; Juliette Jeanfreau, second, French extemporaneous speaking IV; Emily Kranz, third, French poetry I; Laura Gedicke, third, French poetry III; Katherine Buchler, third, French poetry IV; Lauren Williams, third, French extemporaneous speaking III.

      PONCHATOULA HIGH SCHOOL – Nancy Rodriguez, third, Spanish extemporaneous speaking-native speaker; Caitie Davis, first, French prose II;

      ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL – Bryan Rozycky, first, Spanish prose II; Bryan Logarbo, first; Spanish prose III; Julian Martinez, first, Spanish poetry-native speaker; Paul Tortorich, first, Spanish extemporaneous speaking III; Manuel Gutierrez, first, Spanish extemporaneous speaking-native speaker; Luis Fernandez Martinez, second, Spanish prose-native speaker; Cody Welliver, second, Spanish poetry II; Daniel LeBlanc, second, Spanish poetry IV; Peter Albares, second, Spanish extemporaneous speaking II; Zachary Jarret, third, Spanish poetry III; Edward Dussom, first, French extemporaneous speaking IV; Chris Barr, second, French extemporaneous speaking I; Brennan Lowery, first, French extemporaneous speaking II.

      ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY – Abby Villarrubia, second, Spanish prose IV; Cristi Perez de la Mesa, second, Spanish extemporaneous speaking I; Allyse Guillen, third, Spanish prose III; Melissa Landry, third, Spanish extemporaneous speaking III; Vesta Burke, second, French Poetry III; Olivia Simoneaux, third, French extemporaneous speaking I; Kristin Parr, third, French extemporaneous speaking II.

      ST. THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL – Veronica Wills, first, Spanish extemporaneous speaking IV; Jenna Karcher, second, Spanish poetry I; Melissa Deokaran, third, Spanish prose II.

      VANDEBILT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL – Brian Bourgeois, first, Spanish poetry III; Scott Bergeron, second, Spanish extemporaneous speaking III; Jeff Becnel, second, Spanish extemporaneous speaking IV; Christina Perez, third, Spanish poetry IV.