Twenty-Nine Students Awarded at State French Convention

Fifty-seven Indian Springs students attended the 2023 Alabama Federation of French Clubs Convention hosted by the University of Alabama on February 24. Twenty-nine students received awards for their accuracy and knowledge of French language and culture.

 

Competing in Levels I (Beginner) through IV (Advanced), students were recognized with the distinctions Grand Prix (grand prize), Supérieur (top quality), Très Bien (very good), and Bien (good).

Darwin Lu ’26, Supérieur - Level I

Oliver Pang ’26, Très Bien - Level I

Max Xu ’25, Très Bien - Level II

Santiago De La Pava Jerez ’26, Bien - Level I

Avery Biga ’25, Bien - Level III

Alex Hage ’25, Bien - Level III

Manuela Montero ’25, Bien - Advanced

Sarah Elizabeth Denny ’26, Supérieur - Level I

Talia El-Khatib ’26, Supérieur - Level I

Samantha King ’26, Supérieur - Level I

Sophie Roberts ’26, Supérieur - Level I

Ada Slaughter ’26, Supérieur - Level I

Julia Rosenstiel ’25, Supérieur - Level III

Stella Kidd ’26, Très Bien - Level I

Paula Taylor-Sanchez ’25, Très Bien - Level II

Yuji Nakano ’23, Bien - Advanced

Talia El-Khatib ’26, Supérieur - Level I

Erin Sides ’24, Supérieur - Advanced

Sarah Elizabeth Denny ’26, Très Bien - Level I

Bettie Kerr ’27, Très Bien - Level II

Mayu Nakano ’23, Supérieur - Advanced

Erin Sides ’24, Supérieur - Advanced

Lizzy Tagtmeyer ’24, Supérieur - Advanced

Elise Picard ’23, Très Bien - Advanced

Courtney Chen ’23, Bien - Advanced

Lucy Craig ’23, Bien - Advanced

Yusuf Ozaydin ’24, Bien - Advanced

Phoebe Rominger ’23, Bien - Advanced

Nate Street ’24, Bien - Advanced

Abigail Yang ’25, Supérieur

Lucy Castaneda Paredes ’25 and Kylie Peerson ’25, Bien

Special thanks to our faculty, staff, and parent chaperones and to Leah Velasco ’23 for her assistance. 

Congratulations to all our students and French teachers, Jean Bassene and Dr. Jonathan Horn ’75!