Upper School Students Compete in French National Exam 2019

Le Grand Concours is a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students were evaluated for their written and listening comprehension skills in French. More than 72,000 students in all 50 states competed the 2019 event and over 2,000 students in Southern California. This year, at Sierra Canyon, out of the 55 students who took the exam, 13 of them were recognized for their accomplishments receiving bronze, silver, and gold medals, including the first ever platinum plaque (100%), at the national level. An additional 18 students were awarded high honors. Congratulations on this successful competition to all recipients and participants. Felicitations à tous!

 

Samantha Hariz ’22 – platinum, ranking 1^st in the nation, Level 2

Brenna Bruggeman ’22 – gold, ranking 5^th in the nation, Level 2

Olga Ustimenko ’22– gold, ranking 2^nd in the nation, Level 3

Joshua Park ’19 – gold, ranking 4^th in the nation, Level 4

Madison Serletic ’22– silver, ranking 9^th in the nation, Level 1

Avonley Kliewer ’22 – silver, ranking 6^th in the nation, Level 2

Rayan Ansari ’21 - silver, ranking 12^th in the nation, Level 3

Frankie Mosely ’22 - silver, ranking 12^th in the nation, Level 4

Mya Petryshyn ’22 - bronze, ranking 10^th in the nation, Level 2

Clinton Kaboni ’20- bronze, ranking 16^th in the nation, Level 4

Madeleine McKay ’19 - bronze, ranking 16^th in the nation, Level 4

Jubilee Park '19- bronze, ranking 16^th in the nation, Level 4

Bryn Weiner ’19 - bronze, ranking 17^th in the nation, Level 4

 

Katie Baza ’23

Neal Bhasin ’23

Samantha Bolotsky ’22

Kai Smith ’22

Hannah Sullivan ’22

Kourtney Williams ’22

 

John Branca ’22

Yuki Li ’22

Madeline Nellis ’22

Eden Ornstein ’22

 

Pierre Baza ’22

Zhengye Chen ’22

Hannah Gansert ’22

Jinjia Yao ’22

 

Jessica Levy ’22

Riley Tarnol ’22

Wenyuan (Wendy) Wang ’22