May 23, 2015
LA Students who earned honors in the National French Exam.
Lincoln Academy’s World Languages Department is proud to announce the strong performance of our French students on the 2015 National French Exam.104 Lincoln Academy students and more than 900 students in Maine participated in the exam at the high school level. Students placing in the top 20 places in the state were recognized at an assembly on May 22nd. Lincoln Academy students have placed in the top 20 at each level within the state for the past 22 years.
The American Association of Teachers of French also recognizes students for placing in the top ten positions in the country. Lincoln Academy is extremely pleased to recognize three students who placed in the top ten nationally on this years’ exams. Tom Nguyen and Katie Palmer placed 9th nationally at level 1, and Thanh Tran placed 10th nationally at level 5. Thanh placed 9th nationally at level 4 in 2014.
Honorable mentions are Gabrielle Kimball (who also placed in the National Spanish examination) and Teddy Matel who place 13th nationally at level I; Noelle Timberlake who placed 11th and Julianna Preston who placed 15th nationally at level II; Simay Tanriover who placed 13th nationally at level IV; and Marta Berta who placed 12th nationally at level V. Since 1994, Lincoln Academy has had forty-seven students place in the top 10 nationally on the National French Exam at all the levels of the exam.
Level I
Thanh Nguyen and Katie Palmer placed 5th in Maine and 9th nationally (receiving a silver medal)
Gabrielle Kimball and Teddy Matel placed 9th in Maine and 13th nationally (receiving a bronze medal)
Phoebe Pugh placed 14th in Maine
Grace Wehrle placed 15th
Emily Guy and Lauren Pusey-Nazzaro placed 16th
Basel White placed 17th
Lisa Howard placed 18th
Noah Jordan and Sara Peavey placed 19th
Phan Lumin and Stephen Main placed 20th
Level II
Noelle Timberlake placed 5th in Maine and 11th nationally (receiving a silver medal)
Julianna Preston placed 9th in Maine and 15th nationally (receiving a bronze medal)
Mary Reid placed 13th in Maine
Carly Ransdell placed 14th
Can Yozgat placed 19th
Brinley Harrison and Emily Sanborn placed 20th
Level III
Sam Bailey and Isabel Carlson placed 13th in Maine
Lucy Williams placed 14th
Lydia Harris placed 18th
Maggie Weiss placed 19th
Level IV
Simay Tanriover placed 3rd in Maine and 13th nationally (receiving a silver medal)
Abe Steinberger and Allison Wehrle placed 8th in Maine
Rowan Carroll-Christopher placed 10th in Maine
Alexis Poland placed 15th
Elise Dumont placed 16th
Angus Fake placed 17th
Dmitry Pepper placed 19th
Addison Vermillion placed 20th
Level V
Thanh Tran placed 2nd in Maine and 10th nationally (receiving a silver medal)
Marta Berta placed 3rd in Maine and 12th nationally (receiving a silver medal)
Ashley Giles placed 11th in Maine
Alexandra Welch placed 12th
Alejandro Ramos Sanchez placed 14th
The National French Exam, Le Grand Concours, is a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). Nearly 91,000 students in all 50 states competed in the 2015 event. Students are recognized at the state level as well as at the national level if merited. Students are evaluated for their written, listening and reading skills, as well as their knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and culture of France.
