Above, BFCCPS Grade 7 Platinum Medal Award Julien Awuku-Asante (image from BFCCPS.org)
According to a posting on the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School (BFCCPS) website, several students in grades 6-8 participated in Le Grand Concours, the National French Contest, which is a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French.
This year was the 87th annual contest, where over 42,000 students in grades 1-12 in all 50 states competed.
"Although we are proud of all the BFCCPS students who volunteered to participate in the National Contest this year, we would like to recognize the following students for achieving national ranking in their division level."
Grade 6 Honorable Mention
Christopher Brown
Elyse Ferreira
Sadie Nash
Ronan Ragan
Lucca Scansen
Juliana Villano
Violet Wiernicki
Grade 6 Silver Medal Awards
Sydney Dias
Risheth Rajasekaran
Grade 7 Honorable Mention
Aanya Goel
Hanorah Lyons
Abigail Perkins
Sabrina Gaul
Hasini Garrepalli
Emilyn Joseph
Analise Pinto
Vrinda Uddaraju
Hailee Wenger
Matthew Welch
Nicholas Mitchell
Sophie Shaw
Grade 7 Bronze Medal Awards
Chloe Georges
Monica McIntyre
Grade 7 Silver Medal Awards
Nehashree Bheemu
Kiara Jin
Lilly MacDonald
Meghan Markarian
Noah Chan
Grade 7 Gold Medal Awards
Francesca Matthews
Adarsh Presanna
Grade 7 Platinum Medal Award (*perfect score)
Julien Awuku-Asante
Grade 8 Honorable Mention
Braeden Levine
Charles Maki
Abigail Sullivan
Patrick McIntyre
Liam Nolan-Hayun
Subikshaa Raja
Grade 8 Bronze Medal Awards
Satya Amarakonda
Grace Apicella
Ethan Barnes
Samuel Griffin
Andres Silva
Grade 8 Silver Medal Awards
Elisabeth Ewanchuk
Riley MacDonald
Charles Nash
Grade 8 Gold Medal Awards
Victoria Courtwright-Lim
Arsh Tyagi
"Congratulations to all the French Award winners! We hope that all the students at BFCCPS will always strive to pursue opportunities to advance their knowledge and study of the French language and culture. Thank you to all the parents who have always supported and advocated for the French program at our school. Merci!"