Le Grand Concours


Hopkins French students took the National French Contest, Le Grand Concours, in February. Results were announced in April and awards were presented at Southington High School May 24. Read on to see the Hopkins student results.

Hopkins French students took the National French Contest, Le Grand Concours, in February. Results were announced in April and awards were presented at Southington High School May 24. Nationwide, over 99,000 students took the GRAND CONCOURS.

Le Tableau d’Honneur
CT Rank                   USA Rank

LEVEL 01A
2 ISABELLE BREIER            7

LEVEL 1A
1 MATTHEW DAILIS            4
1 BENJAMIN KOLESKE        4
1 MATTHIJS VAN MIERLO    4
2 SAMUEL BERRY               5
2 MARY CLAIRE REIDY        5
3 KAMSI NWANGWU           6
5 SARAH SRIVICHITRANOND 8
6 EMILY KOLESKE               9
7 HENRY HANLON             10
8 ANDREW BENJAMIN       11
10 GIULIANA GROSSO      13

LEVEL 1B
1 BRIDGET DONOVAN       3
6 ALEXANDER ARON         9
8 JOHN ROSENBLUTH      11
9 DOROTHY WARNER       12
10 DANIEL VERLAQUE     13

LEVEL 2A
2 ANDRES GONZALEZ      3
2 YERIN KIM                   3
2 DAHLIA LEFFELL           3
4 DANIEL BRODKIN         5
4 NICOLE KOGAN            5
5 CAMILLE JETTA             6
6 EMMA SPEER                8
7 CAMPBELL STREATOR    9
7 TAEGAN WILLIAMS        9
9 EVAN CARLSON 11
9 KATHERINE MCNALLY   11
10 ALEXANDER GOSS     12

LEVEL 2B
3 TONGIL KO                 4

LEVEL 3A
6 YOHAN KIM                  7
6 JONATHAN MCLEAN      7
7 LUCY BALCEZAK           8
8 LOUISA CHUA-RUBENFELD 9
9 LIAM TAYLOR               10

LEVEL 4A
2 GLEESON RYAN             5
3 BENJAMIN PALTIEL        6
4 EMMA LEIGHTON          7
6 ALEXIA ZAGOURAS       9
7 JOSEPH ROSEN           10

LEVEL 5A
4 CATHERINE SKOGGARD 5
5 ELIZABETH PETERS       7
8 SUSANNA LUSTBADER 10
8 SOPHIA SZYMKOWIAK 10
10 LAURYN ISFORD        12
10 SANAM RASTEGAR     12

LEVEL 5C
2 CONSTANTIN GEANANKOPLOS 4

Congratulations to all!
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    • Marie Lafitte, Coordinator of the Yale Center for Teachers of French and a representative of the French Embassy in NYC, presented certificates to students (in Mrs. Venter’s and Mrs. Taurchini’s French classes) during her recent visit to campus.

    • Marie Lafitte, Coordinator of the Yale Center for Teachers of French and a representative of the French Embassy in NYC, presented certificates to students (in Mrs. Venter’s and Mrs. Taurchini’s French classes) during her recent visit to campus.

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