Students Ace National French Exam

On May 23, Midway High School the National French Exam (Le Grand Concours) and some were inducted into the National French Honor Society (Société Honoraire de Français).   

The following are the results of the exam:

• Level 1:
  • Anna Turner – silver- 90th percentile (rank #4 Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Stephen Bennett – silver – 85th percentile (rank #6 Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Zachery Doney – silver – 85th percentile (rank #6 Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Lien Nguyen – bronze – 80th percentile (rank #8 Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Isabel Echevarria – bronze – 80th percentile (rank #9 Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Benjamin White – bronze – 80th percentile (rank #9 Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
    • Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
      • Benjamin Clarkson
      • Taylor Cofer
      • Sophie Kearney
      • Claire King
      • Nicole Ly
      • Lindsay North
      • Lauren Plaskett
      • Josianne Pooler
      • Alessandra Sayers
      • Nicholas Sayers

• Level 2:
  • Mekayla Herndon – gold – 95th percentile (rank #2 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Waverli Almand – gold – 95^th percentile (rank #3 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Timothy Bang – silver – 90^th percentile (rank #5 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Jacob Turner – silver – 90th percentile (rank #5 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Ashley Brewer – silver – 85^th percentile (rank #6 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Krista Gore – silver – 85^th percentile (rank #6 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
  • Campbell Kutach – bronze – 80^th percentile (rank #7 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
    • Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:   
      • Abigale Jacobson
      • Joelle Mellon
      • Anastasia Timoshenko
• Level 3:
  • Brittany Brewer – gold – 95th percentile nationally (rank #2 in Cen. Texas & #4 nationally)
  • April Yang – bronze – 80^th percentile (rank #13 in Cen. Texas chapter & # 15 nationally)
  • Abigail Joseph – bronze – 80^th percentile (rank #14 in Cen. Texas chapter & # 16 nationally)
    • Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
      • Ashely Gage

• Level 4:
  • Bernardo de Alva – bronze – 80^th percentile nationally (rank #8 in Cen. Texas & #14 nationally)
    • Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
      • Karla Esquivel
      • Tatiana Rios

Students initiated into the Société

• Honoraire de Français: Abdullah Ahmad, Brittany Brewer, Karissa Cleaver, Annie Dugan, Ashley Gage, Abigail Joseph, April Yang. 

The aim of the Société Honoraire de Français is to stimulate interest in the study of French, to promote high standards of scholarship, to reward scholastic achievements, to create enthusiasm for and an understanding of Francophone culture and civilization, to promote and perpetuate international friendship, to reward efforts toward furthering solidarity in the French-speaking world. Candidates must have maintained an A average in French during the semester of selection, as well as an averaged cumulative grade of A- for all work awarded secondary school credit.  Candidates must have maintained a B average or higher in all other subjects during the semester of selection, as well as an averaged cumulative grade of B- in all other subjects for work awarded secondary school credit.

Congratulations to these hardworking students!