Johnston Middle School Students Conquer Rigorous National French Exam

Although the Johnston school year is over, the accolades are still coming in.

Twenty-two students excelled on the rigorous National French Exam this year.

The National French Exam is sponsored each year by the American Association of Teachers of French, and is called Le Grand Concours.  By taking this rigorous exam, students have the chance to see how they compare to a national and state standard. 

This year, all French I and French II student at JMS took the exam in mid March.

Five French II students and 17 French I students finished in the top ten.

The exam ranks are the highest scores on the test, so it is possible multiple students scored the same on the test are received the same ranking.

In Iowa,  312 French II students took the exam and 205 French I students took the exam this year.

The following students ranked in the top ten.
French II: Shuda Jarboe, Eric Butoto, Kylie Le Page, Kristen Stucker, and Emily VanWiel. 

French I:  Aubrey Soderlund, Amy Han, Evan Sadowsky, Elissa Krause, David Lass, Reilly Pim, Jolene Thimmesch, Clarissa Short, Shania Peralta, Devon Wood, Bernardo Duarte, Eilidh Chowanec, Roslyn Blair, Taylor Bush, Sheyna Nathwani, Victoria Wells, Nyamal Tuor.