Students shine at 2019 COLT Poetry Competition

On April 3rd, 33 Hopkins students competed with over 500 students from all over the state in the 38th Annual COLT Poetry Contest, sponsored by the CT Council of Language Teachers (COLT). This year the contest was held at Rockville High School.

The Modern Language Department would like to recognize all of the Hopkins students who were chosen to go, and also congratulate the following students who won gold, silver and bronze medals. Bravi!, ¡Fabuloso!, 真棒!, Felicitationes!

Chinese
MS2 - Kian Ahmadi, 3rd place
HS1 - Elliot Calderone, 1st place
HS3 - Will McCormack, 3rd place
HS4 - Lizabeth Bamyboye, 1st place
HS5-6 - Sophie Sonnenfeld, 1st place
Heritage MS - Lin (Emma) Yan, 1st place
Heritage MS - Hongyi (Nicole) Yan, 3rd place
Heritage HS9-10 - Ziyun (Victoria) Ye, 1st place

French
MS1- Daya Baum, 3rd place
HS1 - Finnbar Kiely, 1st place
HS3 - Cyrus Sadeghi, 1st place

Italian
HS2 - Elio Di Mauro, 1st place
HS4 - Sarah Lopez, 1st place
HS 5-6 - Olivia Capasso, 1st place

Spanish
MS2 - Ingrid Slattery, 1st place
HS5-6 - Veronica Yarovinsky, 3rd place

Russian
Heritage MS - Nicole Kargin, 2nd place
Heritage HS11-12 - Ian Dailis, 3rd place
Heritage HS11-12 - Veronica Yarovinsky, 1st place
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