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Contact: Janelle Woolley
Date: 4/22/03
 
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FRENCH SCHOLARSHIP  -- Frances Marley of De La Salle High School, left, was awarded a scholarship by the French Community of Belgium at Southeastern Louisiana University’s 21st Annual Foreign Language Festival on April 10. The all-expenses-paid scholarship will allow Marley to attend a four-week summer immersion program at the Université de Mons in Mons, Belgium this summer. Awarding the scholarship was Jennifer Miguez of the Council On the Development of French in Louisiana, left.

SOUTHEASTERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (ST. TAMMANY) – Students from St. Tammany Parish schools who took first place in the 21th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 10 were, from left, front, Rosario Perez de la Mesa, Brittany Carter, Megan Maestri, Megan Perino, Michelle Mancini, Pablo Enrigue, Bradley Seippel; back, Natalie Goyeneche, Keely Gillen, Kara Klein, Amanda Villarrubia, Davis Zaunbrecher, Michael Legendre, Jim Voitier.

SOUTHEASTERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (NEW ORLEANS AREA, SPANISH) – Students from New Orleans area schools who took first place in the Spanish category in the 21th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 10 were, from left, front, Lisandra Hogan, Ely Velasquez, Melissa Gurdian; back, Fallon Walker, Kimberly Sevin, Teresa O’Heefe, Emily Newell. 

SOUTHEASTERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (NEW ORLEANS AREA, FRENCH) – Students from New Orleans area schools who took first place in the French category in the 21th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 10 were, from left, front, Erin Callegari, Frances Marley, Jennifer Marks, Marissa Lingoni, Van Mai, Lindsey Conlin; back, Sebastien Zweidler, Lindsey Caruso, Valerie Hoffpauir, Leah Boyer, Tanya Withington, Laura Carr, David Roux. 

SOUTHEASTERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (EAST BATON ROUGE) – Students from Central High School in East Baton Rouge Parish who took first place in the 21th annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 10 were, from left, Chelsea Robertson and Ashley Chaney.

SOUTHEASTERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (HAMMOND) – Hammond High School student Tatum Spallino was among the first place winners at the 21st annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Languages Festival on April 10. Spallino took first place in the Spanish Prose I category.

SOUTHEASTERN HOSTS ANNUAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL 
      HAMMOND – The 21st annual Foreign Language Festival at Southeastern Louisiana University awarded top honors to Mount Carmel Academy of New Orleans and St. Thomas Aquinas High School of Hammond.
      The St. Paul’s School was named the Best Overall School in Spanish, and Archbishop Chappelle High School received the highest overall honors in French.
      The festival, held Thursday, April 10 at the University Center, drew 20 schools from surrounding parishes to participate in Spanish and French poetry, prose, and extemporaneous speaking categories and as groups in music and plays. 
      Frances Marley of De La Salle High School was awarded a scholarship by the French Community of Belgium. The all-expenses-paid scholarship will allow Marley to attend a four-week summer immersion program at the Université de Mons in Mons, Belgium this summer. 
      Other participating schools were Ponchatoula High School, John Ehret High School, Live Oak High School, Hahnville High School, Hammond High School, Immaculata High School, L.W. Higgins High School, Grace King High School, Holy Cross High School, Catholic High School, Destrehan High School, St. Scholastica Academy, Springfield High School, Christian Family Academy, and Central High School.
      In the Spanish music category, school winners were The St. Paul’s School, first; Grace King High School, second; and John Ehret High School, third.  The Spanish play or drama winner were St. Scholastica Academy, first; The St. Paul’s School, second; and Ponchatoula High School, third.
      In French music, Archbishop Chappelle High School took first place; Hammond High School, second; and Ponchatoula High School, third.  Live Oak High School placed first in French play or drama; John Ehret High School, second; and St. Scholastica Academy, third. 
      Individual winners, listed by school, were: 
     Archbishop Chappelle High School: Fallen Walker, first place, Spanish Prose IV; Lisandra Hogan, first place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III; Faith Bolton, second place, Spanish Prose Native Speaker; Leslie Cenac, second place, Spanish Poetry III; Kim Rau, second place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; Bernardette Turegano, second place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Kayla Hensley, third place, Spanish Prose I; Christina Pettus, third place, Spanish Poetry Native Speaker; Juanita Lado, third place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking Native Speaker; Melissa Bucher, first place, French Poetry II; Valerie Hoffpauir, first place, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Theresa Doan, second place, French Prose IV; Catherine Pug, third place, French Prose II; Stephanie Conzonere, third place, French Prose III; Melissa Johnson, third place, French Poetry IV; Jessica Dahl, third place, French Extemporaneous Speaking II.
      Catholic High School: Stephen Kearny, second place, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Gordon Walker, second place, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV.
      Central High School: Dominique Smith, second place, Spanish Poetry I; Jenna Gibbs, third place, Spanish Poetry II; Chelsea Robertson, first place, French Poetry III; Ashley Chaney, first place, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Cody Carpenter, third place, French Prose I.
      De La Salle High School: Charles Rareshide, second place, Spanish Poetry IV; José Diaz, second place, Spanish Poetry Native Speaker; Tiffany Cantrelle, third place, Spanish Poetry III; Lauren Sargent, third place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III; Rachel Rodriguez, third place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Frances Marley, first place, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Sebastian Zweidler, first place, French Extemporaneous Speaking Native Speaker; Joanna Martinez, second place, French Extemporaneous Speaking II.
      Grace King High School: Matthew Smith, third place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; Xio-Lei Chen, first place, French Prose II; Viviane Tello, first place, French Prose Native Speaker; Elisa Escoto, third place, French Poetry I.
      Hahnville High School: Stacey Moore, second place, French Poetry I.
      Hammond High School: Tatum Spallino, first place, Spanish Prose I.
      Holy Cross High School: Troy Glorioso, third place, Spanish Poetry I.
      Immaculata High School: Ely Velasquez, first place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking Native Speaker; Alexis Hernandez, third place, Spanish Prose Native Speaker.
      John Ehret High School: Teresa O’Keefe, first place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; Van Mai, first place, French Prose III; David Roux, first place, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Daniel Zwahlen third place, French Poetry II.
      Live Oak High School: Christen Jabbin, third place, Spanish Prose IV; Lauren Pendas, first place, French Poetry I; Luke Wilson, second place, French Prose I; Travis Rushing, second place, French Prose II, Joseph Wright, second place, French Prose III; Kacie Stephens, second place, French Poetry II; Erin Hopkins, second place, French Poetry III; Elizabeth Griffith, second place, French Poetry IV; Jennifer Prine, third place, French Prose IV.
      L.W. Higgins High School: Kimberly Sevin, first place, Spanish Prose III; Jennifer Wood, second place, Spanish Poetry II; Kristy Sevin, third place, Spanish Poetry IV. 
      Mount Carmel Academy: Emily Newell, first place, Spanish Poetry II; Melissa Guardian, first place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Megan Nola, second place, Spanish Prose II; Elizabeth Shackelford, second place, Spanish Extemporaneous speaking III; Colleen Allerton, third place, Spanish Extemporaneous speaking II; Jennifer Marks, first place, French Prose I; Lindsey Caruso, first place, French Prose IV; Erin Callegari, first place, French Poetry IV; Meredith Halphen, second place, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Danielle Bourgeois, third place, French Poetry III; Bernadette Patin, third place, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Rachel Jeanfreau, third place, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV. 
      Ponchatoula High School: Mariah Flynn, first place, Spanish Prose II; Elizabeth Rollins, first place, Spanish Poetry I; Tabitha Shepard, first place, Spanish Poetry III; April Sanders, third place, Spanish Prose III.
      St. Scholastica Academy: Rosario Perez de la Mesa, first place, Spanish Poetry Native Speaker; Christine Keller, second place, Spanish Prose III; Catherine Frederick, second place, Spanish Prose IV.
      St. Thomas Aquinas: Veronica Wills, first place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I.
      The St. Paul’s School: Pablo Enrique, first place, Spanish Prose Native Speaker; Davis Zaunbrecher, first place, Spanish Poetry IV; Jared Averil, second place, Spanish Prose I; Simpson Goodman, second place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; Diego Cortina, second place, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking Native Speaker; Barett Baumgartner, third place, Spanish Prose II; Edward Dummom, third place, French Extemporaneous Speaking I.
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