Students at Westlake High School participated in the 75th annual "Le Grand Concours," a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French, and came away with several Top 10 finishes. 

Students were evaluated for their written, oral and listening comprehension skills in French. More than 100,000 students in all 50 states competed in the 2010 event. Participants in the 2010 Grand Concours are students of Joy Horvath, Nicolette Miller and Elizabeth Zingales.
    
Sophomore Ben Audebert placed fifth nationally in Level Three and junior Dan Meehan placed 10th nationally in Level Four. The following students received certificates of recognition for their scores and placement in the state of Ohio:

Level 5 :  Eleanor Batty - 11th in state

               Mallory Miller - 12th in state

               Michael Barr   - 16th in state

Level 4 : Katherine Beaton  - 10th in state

              Arunaditya Kulshreshtha - 10th in state

              Lynn Orfahli      -    10th in state

              Amy Schmitz    -   11th in state

              Jason Linger     -    15th in state

              Samiah Shakir    -  15th in state

              Alyssa Myerly   - 17th in state

              Matthew Canestraro - 17th in state

              Aroh Pandit      -   21st in state

Level 3:  Sarah  Stroh :  9th in State

              Nimala Ramanath   - 11th in state

              Sean Phillips     - 13th in state

              Marissa Blankenship - 16th in state

              Madeline Smanik  - 14 th in state

              Gina Baakalini     - 17th in state

              Kristi Michels     20th in state

              Lori Melikian       20 in state

              Scott Hulver     - 21st in state

Level 2: Sairekha Ravichandran 12th in state

              Lauren Leiby  20th in state

              Stephanie Freeman - 25th in state

Le Grand Concours is a French event, in the form of a 60-minute national test designed, written, financed and disseminated by the members of the American Association of Teachers of French. Its purpose is to help stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of French and to help identify and reward achievement on the part of both students and teachers. There are seven levels (elementary and school-high school) and five divisions to accommodate most students.

Kim Bonvissuto is the Communications Coordinator for Westlake City Schools.