FCHS students compete in Foreign Language Festival

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Franklin County High School Foreign Language students once again participated in the Bluegrass Region Foreign Language Festival sponsored by the Kentucky World Language Association.

The festival was held on Saturday, March 1 at Transylvania University. More than 15 schools and more than 250 students from public and private high schools in central Kentucky participated.

Competition was held in the academic areas of speaking proficiency, listening proficiency, drama, dialogues, literary recitation and pronunciation. Non-academic competitions included art, construction models, projects, chorus, video and costumes.

Native speakers and/or college professors judged the events.

FCHS students entered 19 categories in French and had 25 winners, including two medallions, 10 blue ribbons, four red ribbons and nine white ribbons.
In Spanish, Franklin County entered 21 categories and had 55 winners, including nine medallions, 34 blue ribbons, six red ribbons and six white ribbons.

French
MEDALLION WINNERS:
Zack Burnett, Reading Proficiency, Level 4 and Chloe Bates, Reading Proficiency, Level 5.

BLUE RIBBON WINNERS:
Molly Davis, art; Matthew Nease, art; Zack Burnett, Listening Proficiency, Level 4; Chloe Bates, Listening Proficiency; Level 5; Alexis Hardesty, Oral Proficiency, Level 3; James Robb, Oral Proficiency, Level 4; French IV Class, Group Project; Ben Costigan, Reading Proficiency, Level 1; Finnja Ramcke, Reading Proficiency, Level 5 and Anna Rowe Dennis, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 4.

RED RIBBON WINNERS:
Heather Ayer and Alexis Hardesty, Dialogue, Level 3; Chloe Bates and Finnja Ramcke, Dialogue, Level 5; Ben Costigan, Listening Proficiency, Level 1 and Chloe Bates, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 5.

WHITE RIBBONS WINNERS:
Kay Cochran and Paola Gonzalez, Dialogue, Level 3; Ben Overstreet and James Robb, Dialogue, Level 4; Tommy Robb, Listening Proficiency, Level 3; Heather Ayer, Listening Proficiency, Level 3; Elizabeth Yue, Listening Proficiency, Level 5; Finnja Ramcke, Listening Proficiency, Level 5; Brandon Dunn, Reading Proficiency, Level 3; Matthew Nease, Reading Proficiency, Level 3; Molly Davis, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 3 and Les Fainants, Group Video.

Spanish
MEDALLION WINNERS:
Los Garbanzos, Chorus; Katherine Welch, Costumes; Erin Hellman and Shelley Perkins, Dialogue, Level 2; Claire Curran and Katherine Welch, Dialogue, Level 4; Travers Brown and Caitlin Cummins, Dialogue, Level 5; Los Picaros, Drama; Kehla Baker and Samantha Criswell, Group Project; Rachel Anderson, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 2 and Menore Lake, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 4.

BLUE RIBBON WINNERS:
Katherine Welch, Art; Katie Moore, Art; Andrea Howard and Sam Themer, Dialogue, Level 2; Chloe Bates, Listening Proficiency, Level 2; Katie Grim, Listening Proficiency, Level 4; Timothy Peck, Listening Proficiency, Level 4; Samantha Denney, Listening Proficiency, Level 4; Wood Smith, Oral Proficiency, Level 2; Anthony Burrell, Oral Proficiency, Level 2.

Matt Miller, Oral Proficiency, Level 2; James Robb, Oral Proficiency, Level 2; Claire Curran, Oral Proficiency, Level 4; Ben Costigan, Oral Proficiency, Level 4; Brandon Adcock, Oral Proficiency, Level 4; Josh Mitchell, Independent Project; Sam Themer, Reading Proficiency, Level 2; Anna Rowe Dennis, Reading Proficiency, Level 2; Chloe Bates, Reading Proficiency, Level 2; James Robb, Reading Proficiency, Level 2.

Nicolas Scott, Reading Proficiency, Level 2; Timothy Peck, Reading Proficiency, Level 4; Ben Costigan, Reading Proficiency, Level 4; Brandon Dunn, Reading Proficiency, Level 4; Caitlin Cummins, Reading Proficiency, Level 4; Katherine Welch, Reading Proficiency, Level 4; Travers Brown, Reading Proficiency, Level 5; Kehla Baker, Reading Proficiency, Level 5; Toni Holland, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 2,

Anna Rowe Dennis, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 2; Sarah Solheim, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 2; Shelby Gelhausen, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 3; Caitlin Cummins, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 4; Katie Grim, Recitation of a Literary Passage. Level 4 and Kehla Baker, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 5.

RED RIBBON WINNERS:
Brandon Fain, Listening Proficiency, Level 2; Craig Copas, Listening Proficiency; Level 4; Kehla Baker, Listening Proficiency, Level 5; Travers Brown, Oral Proficiency, Level 5; Brian Hager, Reading Proficiency, Level 2; Travers Brown, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 5.

WHITE RIBBON WINNERS:
David Henson, Listening Proficiency, Level 2; Lindsey Noel, Listening Proficiency, Level 2; Audrey Wunderlich, Listening Proficiency; Level 2; Travers Brown, Listening Proficiency; Level 5; Landon Mefford, Reading Proficiency, Level 4 and Craig Copas, Recitation of a Literary Passage, Level 4.