Sandburg Students Ranked Nationally In National French Contest

ELMHURST, IL — 22 Sandburg Middle School eighth grade students participated in Le Grand Concours, a National French Competition, held annually in February. The district said students are tested on their written, oral and listening comprehension and are evaluated by the American Association of Teachers of French.

Of the 75,000 students participating across the United States, 15 students from Sandburg are nationally ranked in the top 30 and seven of those students received medal honors and eight received honorable mentions.

The full Sandburg team, along with their rankings and test scores are:

• Gold- Mira Shortt, 97 percent, National rank 3
• Silver- Anna Lyons, 90 percent, National rank 8
• Silver- Joanna Menendie, 90 percent, National rank 8
• Silver- Maggie Templeman, 90 percent, National rank 8
• Silver- Paige Prather, 89 percent, National rank 9
• Bronze- Katie Stumpf, 84 percent, National rank 12
• Bronze- Bradley Dow, 83 percent, National rank 13

Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following students:

• Erin Powers, National rank 16
• Ellie Kness, National rank 17
• Paul Nicoli, National rank 18
• Clark Mahoney, National rank 21
• Mikayla Krich-Russell, National rank 22
• Bella Swanson, National rank 23
• Lauren Hauser, National rank 24
• Julia SanFilippo, National rank 24

Michelle Silkaitis and Joanna Kacprzynska are the French teachers at Sandburg Middle School.

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