A teacher at Leestown Middle School, Sara Merideth, sends a big shout-out to her Advanced French students who earned recognition in the National French Contest.

Level 01 (7^th grade)

These are middle school students completing the first half of a two-year language program. There were 2,976 participants across the country.

• 8^th place in the state, 11^th in the nation: Jacksson Gonzalez Dominguez and Ashley Leon  
• 9^th in the state, 12^th in the nation: Ana Orozco Gamez

Level 1 (8^th grade)

These students are taking a French 1 course, both middle school and high school. There were 11,145 participants across the country.

• 1^st in the state, 3^rd in the nation, receiving a gold medal: Colin Hinds and Ashley Kobwa
• 3^rd in the state, 5^th in the nation, silver medal: Damaris Perez Lucas
• 7^th in the state, 9^th in the nation, silver: Conor Schinaman
• 8^th in the state, 10^th in the nation, bronze: Roselin Garcia Medrano
• 9^th in the state, 12^th in the nation, bronze: Martin Martinez Garduno and Avril Rodriguez
• 10^th in the state, 13^th in the nation, bronze: Elayna Ward

Contact: Sara Merideth at Leestown, (859) 381-3181

Posted May 10, 2022