WCU Stories      May 2, 2019

Approximately 160 high school students from across Western North Carolina and northern Georgia gathered at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center on April 23 to test their knowledge of French and Spanish in the university’s 37th annual Language Contest.

Participating schools were Asheville Middle, Fletcher Academy, Franklin High, Franklin School of Innovation, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, Robbinsville High, Smoky Mountain High and Tuscola High. The contest is sponsored by WCU’s Department of World Languages.

Winning students and schools in the competition categories are:

French Music: First, Sydney Giaguinto, Franklin High; second, Franklin School of Innovation.

Spanish Music: First, Fletcher Academy; second, Asheville Middle School; third, Tuscola High.

French Skits: First, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.

Spanish Skits: First, Smoky Mountain High; second, Fletcher Academy; third, Robbinsville High.

French Show and Tell: First, Anna Dayton, Franklin School of Innovation; second, Matt Rue, Franklin School of Innovation; third, Zane Carlson, Franklin School of Innovation.

French How-To: First, Ann Phan, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School; second, Tatiana Derisse, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School; third, Sara Nusbaum, Franklin School of Innovation.

French Extemporaneous Speaking III: First, Jason Afeku, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School; second, Bella Vandersall, Franklin School of Innovation; third, Jacob Smith, Franklin High.

Spanish Extemporaneous Speaking IV: First, Evelyn Pavey, Smoky Mountain High; second, Adam Wampler, Tuscola High.

French Poetry: First, Gabrielle Carr, Franklin School of Innovation; second, Ezri Villiard, Franklin High; third, Oliva Scott, Franklin High.

Spanish Poetry: First, Evelyn Pavey, Smoky Mountain High; second, Melissa Moore, Fletcher Academy; third, Julianne Welch, Smoky Mountain High.

French Quiz Bowl: First, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School; second, Franklin High.

Spanish Quiz Bowl: First, Smoky Mountain High; second, Franklin High; third, Robbinsville High.

Native Spanish Quiz Bowl: First, Tuscola High; second, Smoky Mountain High; third, Fletcher Academy.