Students earn medals in National French Contest

Fifty-three Fayetteville-Manlius School District students recently received recognition for their performance on the 2021 National French Contest, an online test of students’ listening, reading and grammar skills in French

In March 2021, F-M students in grades 7-12 who are enrolled in French participated in the contest. The American Association of Teachers of French annually sponsor the competition, which is open to students of French in grades 1-12 in all 50 states and abroad. Students compete against students with similar educational background, according to the contest website

The following F-M students earned medals or an honorable mention certificate based on their performance.

Fayetteville-Manlius High School 

Gold

Students in 95th percentile

  • Carly Hack

Silver

Students in 90th or 85th percentile

  • Gene Balian
  • Angela Dong
  • Justin Dunn
  • Aletheia Ieta
  • Olivia Kimbrough
  • Kaelem Michel
  • Emmeline Reinhardt
  • Cameron Worden
  • Erica Westpfal

Bronze

Students in 80th or 75th percentile

  • Parisa Ahmed
  • Selena Chen
  • Mae Cohen
  • Mary Feck
  • Haley Harblin
  • Laura Scalzetti
  • Eric Yao

Honorable Mention

Students in 70th, 65th, 60th, 55th or 50th percentiles

  • Omar Bou Aram
  • Evangelos Cappers
  • Julia Comprix
  • Sara Elzourkany
  • Elizabeth Fischi
  • Teodora Freamat
  • Sadie Fridley
  • Brennan Jolly
  • Brooke Lamphere
  • Claire Lee
  • Darren Lin
  • Anna Manta
  • Benjamin Mathews
  • Zoe Myint
  • Amaya Nash
  • Ana Obradovic
  • Cadence Panol
  • Emma Sereluca
  • Nicole Shanguhyia
  • Antonina Spinello
  • Yulia Yasskiy

Eagle Hill Middle School

Silver

Students in 90th or 85th percentile

  • McKayla Burke

Bronze

Students in 80th or 75th percentile

  • Daniel Manta

Honorable Mention

Students in 70th, 65th, 60th, 55th, or 50th percentiles

  • Annika Dharwadkar
  • Ethan Richards
  • Owen Sacks
  • Isabelle Sullivan
  • April Wah

Wellwood Middle School

Silver

Students in 90th or 85th percentile

  • Kate Anderko

Bronze

Students in 80th or 75th percentile

  • Meryem Nur Bektas
  • Owen Zhu

Honorable Mention

Students in 70th, 65th, 60th, 55th, or 50th percentiles

  • Meva Nur Dinc
  • Mallory Dodd
  • Elizabeth Feulner
  • Emma Li
  • Caterina Urciuoli