Westlake High Students Win Gold In French Contest

WESTLAKE, OH — Westlake High School's French students brought home a lot of gold from the 2017 Grand Concours contest. Sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French, the Grand Concours is a national competition that evaluates students on their written, oral, and listening comprehension skills.

This year, more than 80,000 students across all 50 states took part in the event. Westlake's entrants in the 2017 National French Exam were students of teachers Laura Emmer and Elizabeth Zingales.

Westlake students brought home major awards. Clair Brewer received a Gold award, finishing in the 95th percentile. Silver awards were earned by Zahraa Abdulameer, Tara Al-Hashimy, Chloe Chen, Sean Dunphy, Katie Fogarty, Laruen Havelka and Kailee Kretzinger; Level 3 student Rafi Melikian; and Level 5 student Anna Craven. These students finished in the top 85th-90th percentile.

Bronze awards were earned by Level 2 students Sami Jablonski, Julia Kreeger, Eric Kronz and Sam Thomas; Level 3 students Ella Gray, Chad Sargent and Laurent Schultz; and Level 4 students Madelyn Lockshine and Norah Wilson. These students finished in the top 75th to 80th percentile.

Mention d’honneur were earned by 33 students. These students finished in the 50th to 70th percentile.

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