LMHS students excel in National French Contest
Sixty-five Lower Merion High School students were recognized locally and nationally for their achievement in the National French Contest. Students attended an awards ceremony at the Chestnut Hill College on May 16 and brought back trophies, plaques, medals, pins, and certificates. Nationally, more than 104,000 students took the exam, which is the largest number in the contest’s history. The contest, entitled Le Grand Concours, is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French.The following students won awards. Below you will see the winners’ names, their level of study and their rank.
Level 1: Jonah Mann ( 3rd regional, 4th national), Jodi Bosin (6th regional, 7th national), Sophia Hirsch (6th regional, 7th national), Alexis Miller-Golub (mention honorable), Xiran Wang (mention honorable), Elissa Cohen (certificat de réussite), Bina Peltz (certificat de réussite)
Level 2: Kelly Dougherty (6th regional, 8th national), Marianna Kozak (6th regional, 8th national), Liz Jacobs (7th regional, 9th national), Leah Sutton (7th regional, 9th national), Isaac Lindy (8th regional, 10th national), David Zucker (8th regional, 10th national), Dena Rothman (9th regional), Caroline Wells (9th regional), Jean Brown (10th regional), Nicolas Fekete (10th regional), Ben Sataloff (10th regional) Kira Goldner (mention honorable), Magali Roman (mention honorable), John Sataloff (mention honorable), Sophy Ziss (mention honorable) Richard He (certificat de réussite), Yis Leibowitz (certificat de réussite)
Level 3: Nina Bar-Giora (2nd regional 4th national),
Christopher Frederick (3rd regional, 5th national),
Jenny Smolen (3rd regional, 5th national)
Lindsay Fusfield (4th regional, 6th national)
Elizabeth Thompson (5th regional, 7th national)
Rebecca Wahrman (5th regional, 7th national)
Carolyn Chou (9th regional)
Albert Eisenberg (9th regional)
Sylvia Herbert (10th regional)
Gabrielle Mezochow (10th regional)
GenevieveTabby (10th regional)
Yunica Jiang (mention honorable
Sharon Oser (mention honorable)
Daniel Saris (mention honorable)
Level 4: Claire Krotkov ( 2nd regional, 4th national ) , Henry Sun (6thregional, 8th national ), Danielle Baurer ( 7th regional, 9th national), Kathryn Wells ( 7th regional, 9th national), Sophie Bergelson (8th regional, 10th national), Jacqueline Edelman (9th regional), Adrienne Werth ( 10th regional), Laura Franken (mention honorable 12th regional), Chesney Polis ( mention honorable 11th regional), Amanda Robins (mention honorable 12th regional), Julia Fleekop (certificat de réussite ), Abigail Rosenberg (certificat de réussite ), Jamie Shapiro (certificat de réussite ), Rachel Sack (certificat de réussite ), Justin Tu (certificat de réussite ), Emily Kennedy (certificat de réussite), Dianna Levi (certificat de réussite) .
Level 5: Gabrielle Loeb (3rd regional, 4th national)
Jacob Chamoun (6th regional, 7th national)
James McCarthy (7th regional, 8th national)
Brandon Savran (8th regional, 9th national)
Augusta Soehngen (9th regional, 10th national)
Marshall Moritz (10th regional)
Emily Magaziner (mention honorable)
Jill Berman (certificat de réussite)
Laura Oser (certificat de réussite)
French teachers of the students are Lisa Allen, Jean-Claude Contassot, Gail Infield, and Laura Vargas.
