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
- Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
- Level 2:
- Mekayla Herndon – gold – 95th percentile (rank #2 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
- Waverli Almand – gold – 95th percentile (rank #3 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
- Timothy Bang – silver – 90th percentile (rank #5 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
- Jacob Turner – silver – 90th percentile (rank #5 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
- Ashley Brewer – silver – 85th percentile (rank #6 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
- Krista Gore – silver – 85th percentile (rank #6 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
- Campbell Kutach – bronze – 80th percentile (rank #7 in Cen. Texas chapter & nationally)
- Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
- Abigale Jacobson
- Joelle Mellon
- Anastasia Timoshenko
- Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
- Level 3:
- Brittany Brewer – gold – 95th percentile nationally (rank #2 in Cen. Texas & #4 nationally)
- April Yang – bronze – 80th percentile (rank #13 in Cen. Texas chapter & # 15 nationally)
- Abigail Joseph – bronze – 80th percentile (rank #14 in Cen. Texas chapter & # 16 nationally)
- Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
- Ashely Gage
- Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
- Level 4:
- Bernardo de Alva – bronze – 80th percentile nationally (rank #8 in Cen. Texas & #14 nationally)
- Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
- Karla Esquivel
- Tatiana Rios
- Receiving a certificate of honorable mention:
- Bernardo de Alva – bronze – 80th percentile nationally (rank #8 in Cen. Texas & #14 nationally)
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!