Students excel in National French Contest

Fayetteville-Manlius French students continued a tradition of excellence in the National French Contest this year. This competitive exam, also known as Le Grand Concours, is sponsored annually by the American Association of Teachers of French. It tests students’ listening, reading and grammar skills in the language. This year, more than 47,000 students across the country participated. 

The test is taken online by French students in grades 7-12. Three F-M students were recognized with a special prize from the Central New York chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French for earning the highest score in Central New York in their level and division: Wellwood 8th grader Marshall Jones on the Level 1 exam, FMHS junior Anjali Eastman-Persaud on the Level 4 exam, and FMHS junior Michelle Ifeonu on the Level 5 exam.

The following Wellwood Middle School students earned distinctions:

Gold Medals 

  • Marshall Jones
  • Kayden Kouakou

Bronze Medals

  • Elsa Lind-Caliz
  • Elodie Michel

Honorable mentions

  • Aaron Olech
  • Julien Marty
  • Joshua Gates
  • Omar Maghraoui
  • Sol Kang
  • Fernando Acevedo-Avila
  • Sadie McRae
  • Elise Darnley
  • Matthew Stewart
  • Dorian Murphy
  • Sally Palmer

The following Eagle Hill Middle School students earned distinctions:

Silver Medals

  • Jolie Zeng 
  • Natalia Becker 
  • Julia Kim 
  • Olive Luedtke 
  • Sebastian Blanchard
  • Elianne Ledermann 
  • Addison Zhu
  • Pratima Damle
  • Haily Zhai

Bronze Medals

  • Gabriella Morrow 
  • Charlotte Haswell 
  • Dylan D’Arrigo 

Honorable Mentions

  • Camryn Jackson
  • Sevithram Kapu 
  • Amritakshi Sanyal
  • Susannah Ryan 
  • Megan Anzalone 
  • Ella Roddy 
  • Clara Hansen
  • Meenakshi Thangdurai 
  • Max Quesnel 
  • Neev Kirane

The following Fayetteville-Manlius High School students earned distinctions:

Gold Medals

  • Maggie Huang 
  • Claire Zhu 
  • Riley Fitzgerald 
  • Wadaana Ahmed 
  • May Tedder
  • Kira Coleman 
  • Alicia Fischi 

Silver Medals

  • João Alves 
  • Joyce Zhu 
  • Kaylee Rudolph 
  • Alia Bou Aram 
  • Lyla Abboud
  • Lauren Jones
  • Daniel Li
  • Alyce Ugalde Villarreal 
  • Elizaveta Vorsina 
  • Anjali Eastman-Persaud
  • Noya Amjad 
  • Quincey Hack 
  • Elizabeth Feulner 
  • Safina Ahmed 
  • Daniel Manta 
  • Owen Zhu 

Bronze Medals

  • Amelia Toolan
  • Mary Kate Scannell
  • Audrey Fetterman 
  • Ella Tonkovich 
  • Tekla Ford 
  • Benjamin Graff 
  • Jordan Myint 
  • Michelle Ifeonu 

Honorable Mentions

  • Annika Scuderi 
  • McKayla Burke 
  • Karsten Lockwood
  • Ryann Kretow
  • Lacey Teaken 
  • Alon Dvorai 
  • Lila Mittelstaedt 
  • Xander Watson 
  • Noah Massey 
  • Ben Prendergast 
  • Jack Chin 
  • Nya Ugalde Villarreal 
  • Hwang Lee 
  • Marcos Lind Cáliz 
  • Alassan Becker 
  • Samuel Beeman 
  • Eleanor Comprix 
  • Efimia Everding
  • Josie Feck
  • Siqi Gracie Jie 
  • Rishi Kaul 
  • Maggie Lindars 
  • Sophia Maimone 
  • Lily McKnight
  • Max Panol 
  • Akanksha Ravikumar 
  • Meryem Sarimurat 
  • Domenica Scalzetti  
  • Oliver Smith