GH Students Place at National, State Levels in National French Contest
The National French Contest is sponsored annually by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), and it is a longtime tradition at Greenhills that 7th through 12th graders participate in this contest. The test consists of an aural comprehension section and a written section with grammar questions and reading comprehension passages. The following information shows our students’ results at both the national and state levels.
LEVEL 01 (7th Grade)
National placement: Yara el Tawil (7th), Luca Angelino (7th), Aisling Cooper (9th), Charles Rivkin (9th)
Michigan placement: Yara el Tawil (2nd), Luca Angelino (2nd), Aisling Cooper (3rd), Charles Rivkin (3rd), Emma Freeborn (5th), Tiffany He (5th), Brian Cong (7th), Brandon Johnson (7th), Peyton Ovsek (9th), Alison Santucci (9th), Kristofer Gulvezan (10th), Madeline Pumphrey (10th)
LEVEL I
National placement: Casey Jong (7th)
Michigan placement: Casey Jong (4th), Britty Bonine (6th), Sabia Woods (7th), Jerry Chen (8th), Jillian Hurst (8th), Anne Snabes (8th), Matthew Bak (10th), Caroline Randolph (10th)
LEVEL II
National placement: Emma Rodseth (3rd), Joe Hakin (4th), Devin Vaillant (4th), Kara Krause (8th), Kaity Mussio (8th)
Michigan placement: Emma Rodseth (1st), Joe Hakin (2nd), Kara Krause (5th), Kaity Mussio (5th), Sloane Hawkins (8th), Natalie Spratt (10th), Astra Tucker (10th)
LEVEL III
National placement: Katherine Krauss (5th), John Lazarsfeld (10th), Lalitha Ramaswamy (10th)
Michigan placement: Katherine Krauss (2nd), John Lazarsfeld (7th), Lalitha Ramaswamy (7th), Katie Irani (8th), Jonathan Saltzman (8th), Jonathan Liu (9th), Rhiannon Tomtishen (10th), Marjorie Totten (10th)
LEVEL IV
National placement: Alexander Johnson (6th), Alina Dunlap (7th), Matt Fligiel (9th), Jeff Xu (9th)
Michigan placement: Alexander Johnson (1st), Alina Dunlap (2nd), Matt Fligiel (3rd), Jeff Xu (3rd), Eric Gu (5th), Grace Judge (6th), Raissa Xie (6th), Hannah Anderson (7th), Chris Owyang (8th), Nikka Salmasi (9th)
LEVEL V
National placement: Katherine Selwa (4th), Meghna Rao (8th)
Michigan placement: Katherine Selwa (1st), Meghna Rao (2nd), Alia Phillips (5th)
The following statistics show how many students participated at each level throughout the country: 7th grade – 6,600 students, 8th grade and French I – 23,000 students, French II – 21,000 students, French III – 17,000 students, French IV – 11,000 students, and French V – 5,500 students.
“Mijo Pappas, Cat Novak and I are all very proud of our students’ accomplishments,” says French teacher Marti Larson.
