Westfield High School Students Excel On National French Exam

WESTFIELD, NJ - Each year, the American Association of Teachers of French organizes a nationwide French exam called “Le Grand Concours” and this year's test had over 75,000 elementary and secondary students participating in the contest nationally.

In Westfield, a total of 45 students took part at Westfield High School this year, 36 of them earning accolades for their achievement in the form of one platinum medal, six gold medals, thirteen silver medals, nine bronze medals and seven honorable mentions.

“Bravo to all of the students who participated,” said Westfield High School French teachers Méri Beliveau, Marie-Laure Hoffmann, and Rachel Janus.

PLATINUM

Louise-Marie Sur earned this ultimate prize by ranking number one at both the chapter and
national levels.

LEVEL 2

• Justin Anderson - Gold (Placed 1st in the chapter ranking and 2nd nationally)
• Cynthia Li – Gold
• Matthew Swenson – Gold
• Cayla Capistrano – Silver
• Ella Conover - Silver
• Carmen Fiorindo - Silver
• Matilda Horn - Silver
• Rachel Hu - Silver
• Casey Laguna - Silver
• Ava Pravlik - Silver
• Amy Xiao - Silver
• Lilyana Demerdjieva - Bronze
• Olivia Terry – Bronze
• Kimberly DiFilippo – Honorable Mention
• Alice Lisak – Honorable Mention
• Takekuni Tanemori – Honorable Mention

LEVEL 3

• Alexandra Savin - Gold
• Benjamin Zakharenko – Gold
• Zahra Ahmed - Silver
• Xenia Kobori - Silver
• Sean Marner - Silver
• Eric Mordkovich - Silver
• Bianca Popa - Silver

LEVEL 4

• Stephen Park - Gold
• Julia Csorba - Bronze
• Marcelina Krowinska - Bronze
• Theresa Lizzo - Bronze
• Greta McLaughlin - Bronze
• Elijah Soh - Bronz
• Abigail Sternberg – Bronze
• David Broughton – Honorable Mention
• Sandrine Perez – Honorable Mention
• William Surks – Honorable Mention

• Mark Johnson - Bronze
• Sara Shen – Honorable Mention

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