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Contact: Christina Chapple
Date: 4/12/05
 
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (ST. TAMMANY PARISH) -- Students from St. Tammany Parish schools who took first place in the 23rd annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 7 are, from left, Melissa Landry, Brittany Harland, Mary Kathryn Raines, Natalie Fasullo, Jenny Williams, Anna Pechon, Amy Drivon, Adaire Chatry, and Jeffrey Coote.

Foreign Language Festival 2005 -- New OrleansFOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (NEW ORLEANS AREA) -- Students from New Orleans area schools who took first place in the 23rd annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 7 are, from left, seated, Stephanie Caruso, Erica Kelly, Jessica Taylor, Jennifer Marks, Laura Classen; back, Shannon Zorn, Daniela Anzola, Marc Orgeron, Tu Hoang, Oanh Le, Teresa O’Keefe, Angie Serrano. 

Foreign Language Festival 2005 -- Baton RougeFOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (BATON ROUGE) -- Students from Baton Rouge area schools who took first place in the 23rd annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 7 are, from left, Aaron Gebrelul, Corwin Barnes, Katherine Jacobsen, Xenia Silva, Maxwell Irvine, Leigh Bergeron, and Zachary Cummings. 

Foreign Language Festival 2005 -- HoumaFOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (HOUMA) -- Students from Vanderbilt Catholic High School who took first place in the 23rd annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 7 are, from left, Cristina Perez and Channing Zierolf.

Foreign Language Festival 2005 -- Tangipahoa/LivingstonFOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (TANGIPAHOA AND LIVINGSTON) -- Meagan Maricle of Live Oak High School and Rashad Carter of Hammond High School were among the students who took first place in the 23rd annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 7.

Foreign Language Festival 2005 -- Louisiana SchoolFOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL WINNERS (LOUISIANA SCHOOL) -- Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts students Michael Simoneaux and Nati Hardi were among the students who took first place in the 23rd annual Southeastern Louisiana University Foreign Language Festival on April 7.

SOUTHEASTERN HOSTS ANNUAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FESTIVAL 
       HAMMOND -- The 23rd annual Foreign Language Festival at Southeastern Louisiana University awarded its top honors to Baton Rouge Magnet High School and John Ehret High School.
       The festival, held Tuesday, April 7, 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.
       Baton Rouge Magnet High School was the winner in the division for magnet schools and schools with more than 600 students, while John Ehret garnered the highest award for schools with less than 600 students. Baton Rouge Magnet also received the highest overall honors in Spanish and French.
       Michael Simoneaux of the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts was awarded a scholarship by the French Community of Belgium. The all-expenses-paid scholarship will allow her to attend a four-week summer immersion program at the Université de Mons in Mons, Belgium this summer. Teresa O’Keefe of John Ehret High School received a scholarship for a Caribbean cruise sponsored by Latin American consulates in New Orleans.
       Participating schools were Archbishop Rummel High School, Hammond High School, Ponchatoula High School, the St. Paul School, St. Charles Catholic High School, Live Oak High School, Vanderbilt Catholic High School, St. Martin’s Episcopal High School, Archbishop Chappelle High School, Brother Martin High School, the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, De La Salle High School, Mount Carmel Academy, Grace King High School, St. Scholastica Academy, Sumner High School, Springfield High School, and Immaculata High School.
       In the Spanish music category, winners were Shannon Zorn of Archbishop Chappelle High School, first; Eduardo Jimenez of Archbishop Rummel High School, second; and Julie Vargas of John Ehret High School, third.  The Spanish play or drama winners were St. Scholastica Academy, first; Hammond High School, second; and Mount Carmel Academy, third.
        In French music, Nati Hardin of the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts took first place; Courtney Estepan, Michelle Bourgeois and Katie Christina of Archbishop Chappelle High School were second; and third place went to Lauren Classen and Avilene DePano of Mount Carmel Academy. John Ehret High School placed first in French play or drama; Live Oak High School, second; and Mount Carmel Academy, third.  
       Individual winners, listed by school, were: 
       ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE HIGH SCHOOL – Gabriel Buffkin, second, French Poetry II; Whitney Steel, second, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Daniela Anzola, first, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Taneshia Patterson, third, French Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaking; Sarah Denney, third, Spanish Prose III; Julie Doao, third, Spanish Poetry III, Meredith Poynot, second, Spanish Poetry IV; Lisbeth Ramirez, third, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker; Shannon Zorn, first, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker.
       ARCHBISHOP RUMMEL HIGH SCHOOL – Jose Perez, third, Spanish Poetry IV; Eduardo Jimenez, second, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker.
       BATON ROUGE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL – Corwin Barnes, first, French Prose II; Robyn Keegan, second, French Prose III; Lisa Redmon, second, French Prose IV; Aaron Gebrelul, first, French Poetry II; Hyma Moore, second, French Poetry III; Zachary Cummings, first, French Poetry IV; Katherine Jacobsen, first, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Tristan Colonius, second, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Miteshkumar Patel, third, Spanish Prose II; Maxwell Irvine, first, Spanish Prose IV; Xenia Silva, first, Spanish Prose-Native Speaker; Leigh Bergeron, first, Spanish Poetry IV; Daniela Santiesteban, first, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker; Matthew Rist, second, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III; Dylan Watson, third, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV.
       BROTHER MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL – Martin Gaillot, third, Spanish Prose IV; Brian Samuel, first, Spanish Poetry II; Kyle Tracy, second, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I.
       DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL – Katua Mendy, third, French Prose III; Marcella Fuentes, third (tie), French Poetry I; Jeffrey Lyles, third, French Poetry IV; Mikhail Desse, third, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Sebastian Zweidler, second, French Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker; Sean DeLaune, second, Spanish Prose III; Rebecca Hymel, second, Spanish Poetry III.
       GRACE KING HIGH SCHOOL – Kristen Gremillion, third, French Poetry II; Stavroula Petrou, second, Spanish Prose I; Habiba Isse, third, Spanish Poetry I. 
       HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL – Brandon Abelseth, third, Spanish Prose I; Rashad Carter, first, Spanish Prose II; Carol Gandara, third, Spanish Prose-Native Speaker; Staci Jackson, second, Spanish Poetry II.
       IMMACULATA HIGH SCHOOL – Tanya Bouchette, first, French Poetry-Native Speaker; Christina Poignard, first, French Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker.
       JOHN EHRET HIGH SCHOOL – Joseph Cindass, second, French Prose I; Brian Bragg, second, French Poetry I; Angie Serrano, second, French Extemporaneous Speaking III; Clementina Nunez, second Spanish Prose-Native Speaker; Teresa O’Keefe, first, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV; Julie Vargas, third, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking-Native Speaker.
       LIVE OAK HIGH SCHOOL – Chase Hymel, second, French Prose II; Kristen Brent, third (tie), French Poetry I; Meagan Maricle, first, French Poetry III; Catie Spears, second, French Poetry IV.
       LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS – Colbye Prim, third, French Prose IV; Michael Simoneaux, first, French Extemporaneous Speaking IV.
       MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY – Jeanne Capella, third, French Prose I; Katie Martinez, third, French Prose II; Jennifer Marks, first, French Prose III; Erica Kelly, first, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Celia Morell, second, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Stephanie Caruso, first, Spanish Prose I; Renee Arostegui, second, Spanish Poetry I; Jessica Taylor, first, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; Rosie Greek, third, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II.
       PONCHATOULA HIGH SCHOOL – Catie Davis, first, French Prose I; Jackie Vandigo, first, French Poetry I.
       ST. MARTIN EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL – Jordan Harry, second, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; 
       ST. PAUL SCHOOL – Brennan Lowery, third, French Extemporaneous Speaking I; Nicholas Stringer, third, French Extemporaneous Speaking II; Jason Schroeder, second, Spanish Prose IV; Jeffrey Conte, first, Spanish Prose I; Matt Richards, third, Spanish Poetry II; Diego Elizarraras, second, Spanish Poetry-Native Speaker.
       ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY – Allyson Pellissier, third, French Poetry III; Britanny Harlan, first, Spanish Prose III; Blakely Simpson, third, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking I; Melissa Landry, first, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking II; Marli Doll, third, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III.
       VANDEBILT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL – Cristina Perez, first, Spanish Poetry III; Channing Zierolf, first, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking III; Tyson Warkow, second, Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV.