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Nouvelles des classes de français *News from French class and TOK* Dec. 8, 2006 International Festival Jan. 3, 2007 2nd Prescribed Essay due Jan 22, 2007 TOK Oral Presentations begin Feb. 5, 2007 3rd TOK Prescribed Essay due Feb. Alliance Française Essay Contest Feb. 20-23 IB Internal foreign language assessments for seniors Feb. 26, 2007 4th TOK Prescribed Essay due Mar. 2007 National French Contest ($6.) April 2007 Induction ceremony for our National Foreign Language Honor Societies April. 23, 2007 Personal Code of Ethics due May 2007 AP French exam IB Papers 1 and 2 RECENT EVENTS: Clemson Declamation 2006 1st place awards: Judy Beaudoin, French 2 Dianna Hu, Japanese 3 Nicholas Matthews, French 1 Terria McCaskill, French 1 Hieu Tran, German 4 Max Wolff, German 3 Emily Worinkeng, French native Xiya Zhu, Chinese native 2nd place awards: Sravya Durbha, French 2 Pauline Duvant, French native Kelly Funderburk, French 3 Kylie Glessman, French 5 Dianna Hu, Spanish 5 Carl Hulseman, French 5 Helen Leung, Chinese native Rishi Pandya, Spanish 2 3rd place awards: Nick Chee, French 5 Meghan Jordan, Spanish 2 Samyukta Kappagantula, French 4 Neha Parthasarathy, French 3 Hieu Tran, Japanese 1 2005 Clemson Declamation 1st Place: Carl Hulseman, French Native Andreas Themessl, French 5 Meg Turlington, French 5 2nd Place: Samyukta Kappagantula, French 3 Nicole Thompson, French 5 3rd Place: Stephanie Hoo, French 5 Neha Parthasarathy, French 2 Oct. 5th: Dr. Swati Shah, a physician from New Orleans who evacuated to Greenville, came to speak to the Theory of Knowledge class and the Interact Club. She spoke of some of the hard decisions that evacuees and hospitals had to make, some of the misconceptions portrayed in the media, and some ways that Southside students and others can help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. On behalf of the Interact Club, Pres. Golsa Yazdy presented Dr. Shah with a token of our appreciation. STUDENTS OF THE MONTH SEPTEMBER: Cornesia Jefferson, French 1 OCTOBER: Neda Mofrad, French 5 NOVEMBER: Meg Turlington - Français 5 DECEMBER: Jose Villegas - Français 1 JANUARY: Samantha Jaeger - Theory of Knowledge FEBRUARY: Evan Bacon - French 1 2004-2005 SUCCESSES Excellence Awards: French 1: Nahum Vega French 2: Vikram Samant French 3: Cynthia Chen French 4: Alex Marquez French 5: Abby Liu and Christine Tennant ******************************************** IB Seniors: 100% success on the IB French Language Exams. Average Southside score of 5.5. Special kudos to the following students who had superior grades of 6 or 7: Sarah Hulseman - 7 Abby Liu - 7 Christine Tennant - 7 Moira McCormick - 6 Keshia Rice - 6 Bravo!!!!! ******************************************* AP French Exam: 11 of 15 students made a 3 or better on the AP exam; the average Southside score was a 3. Special congratulations to Carl Hulseman and Alex Marquez for earning the highest score of 5. Félicitations! ******************************************** ALLIANCE FRANCAISE NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS Sarah Hulseman, Div. C, #1 in the USA Cynthia Chen, Div. D, #1 in the Piedmont region ***************************************** NATIONAL FRENCH CONTEST Vikram Samant: French 2 - 1st place in SC and 5th place in USA Sarah Hulseman: French 5, Div. C - 1st place in SC and 3rd place in USA Christine Tennant: French 5, Div. C - 3rd place in SC and 5th place in USA Noe Vega: French 3 - 3rd Place in SC and 5th place in USA Carl Hulseman: French 4 , Div. C - 3rd place in SC and 9th place in USA Nicole Thompson: French 4 - 4th place in SC Abby Liu: French 5 - 5th Place in SC and in USA Cynthia Chen: French 3 - 8th place in SC and 11th in USA Frank Holleman: French 4 - 9th place in SC Selim Nehdi: French 5 - 10th place in SC ***************************************** LA SOCIETE HONORAIRE DE FRANCAIS The following students were inducted into the Société Honoraire de Français on April 5, 2005 : Carl Hulseman Sahitya Jampana Samyukta Kappagantula Vikram Samant Whitney Williams They join current members : Swandia Adams Samantha By Robert By Kriska Carandang Nicholas Chee Cynthia Gerry Chen Kylie Glessman Stephanie Hoo Sarah Hulseman Abby Liu Nicholas Marquez Eric Matthews Moira McCormick Neda Mofrad Selim Nehdi Meenal Patel Keshia Rice Andres Rivera Trevor Sloughter Lauren Thompson Golsa Yazdy **************************************** Clemson Declamation 2004 The 2004 Clemson University Declamation Contest took place on Saturday, November 13th. This year’s winners from Southside were: 1st place: Carl Hulseman, French 4 2nd place: Moira McCormick, French 5 Andres Rivera, French 3 Zoheb Virani, French 5 3rd place: Nicolas Chee, French 3 Sha’ambria Hawthorne, French 1 **************************************** 2003-2004 SUCCESSES Excellence Awards: French 1: Beatriz Granados French 2: Cynthia Chen and Mario Muse French 3: Kriska Carandang and Jasmine Dames French 4: Sarah Hulseman, Nhan Nguyen and Amanda Shick ******************************************** IB Seniors: 100% success on the IB French Language Exams. Bravo!!!!! ******************************************* AP French Exam: 12 of 18 students made a 3 or better on the AP exam; the average score was a 3. ******************************************** Concours National de l'Alliance Française The winners of the 2004 Alliance Française essay contest were announced in June. Southside had 2 national winners: Category C: Nhan Nguyen, 6th place Category D: Neda Mofrad, 3rd place ******************************************** Société Honoraire de Français: The following students were inducted into the National French Honor Society in April: Samantha By Nicholas Chee Cynthia Chen Kylie Glessman Meenal Patel Andres Rivera Trevor Sloughter ******************************************** 2004 National French Contest Winners French 2: Nicholas Chee, Cynthia Chen and Meenal Patel, ranked 7th in SC and US Trevor Sloughter and Noe Vega ranked 8th in SC and US Kylie Glessman ranked 10th in SC French 3: Nicole Thompson ranked 5th in SC and 8th in US Alex Marquez ranked 6th in SC and 9th in US Kriska Carandang, Frank Holleman, and Andrew Menz ranked 9th in SC Niti Parthasarathy ranked 10th in SC French 4: Sarah Hulseman ranked 1st in SC and 2nd in US Nhan Nguyen ranked 2nd in SC and 3rd in US Beth Woodward ranked 4th in SC and 6th in US Christine Tennant ranked 5th in SC and 7th in US Abby Liu and Katelyn Love ranked 8th in SC French 5: Kathryn Miller ranked 5th in SC and 9th in US ******************************************** 2004 Georgia Southern Oratorical Contest 1st Place: Stacy Mize, French 3 Christine Tennant, French 4 Anna Thompson, French 1 3rd Place: Meenal Patel, French 2 ******************************************* Clemson Declamation 2003 1st Place: Cynthia Chen, French 2 Moira McCormick, French 4 2nd Place: Trevor Sloughter, French 2 Nicole Thompson, French 3 3rd Place: Anna Thompson, French 1 Bravo, les Tigres et les Tigresses! |
