Foreign Language Students Keep Shining!

Our language students continue to excel! 

Congratulations to Mrs. Lindley and our Spanish students (see picture) for their performance at the 49th Annual Convention of the Alabama Federation of Spanish Clubs was held on April 6th on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

Schools from across the state participated, and St. Michael students represented us well with 18 students bringing home trophies for state-level wins. Mrs. Lindley and Ms. Smith, along with three wonderful parent chaperones (Lori Matus, Liz Ray, and Kelly Childress) accompanied the St. Michael students. The 33 students who attended the convention competed in a variety of areas pertaining to the Spanish language and culture. The 2018 winners and their respective competitions are as follows:

Nick Berrios - First Place -Verbs (Level 2)
Cameron Blanchard - Second Place - Verbs (Level 2)
Claire Blythe - Second Place -Literary Recitation (Level 1)
Graham Canton - First Place- Literary Recitation (Level 3)
Annia DelAngel - Third Place - Literary recitation (Bilingual)
Emily Dillon - Third Place - Individual Costume
L.G. Drago - Second Place - Grammar (Level 2)
Connor Heller - Second Place - Verbs (Level 1)
Maggie Lollis - Third Place - Grammar (Level 3)
Emily Madson, Kristin Matus, Kinsey Smith - Third Place - Group Costume
Molly Mavrakos - First Place - Literary Recitation (Level 2)
Hayden Northcutt - Second Place - Literary Recitation (Level 3)
Katie Ray - Third Place - Singing
Gia Vollmer - First Place - Vocabulary (Level 3)
Megan Williams - Fourth Place - Graphic T-shirt Design
Caroline Zitnik - First Place - Verbs (Level 3)

Congratulations! (¡Felicidades!)

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Also congratulations to Dr. Lindley and our Latin students for their excellent performance on the national Latin exam! 

We had seven students earn "medalist" honors. They are: 

Gold medalists: (Latin I) Sarah Kate Sligh, Luke Bosarge, and (Latin III) Alexander Vick.
Silver medalists: (Latin I) John Davis, (Latin II) Jack Phelps, James Marlowe, and (Latin III) Griffin Mahoney. 

In addition to these medalists, we had nine other students receive particular recognition: 

Earning "magna cum laude" recognition were:  Hannah Gay, Emily Taylor, Gabrielle Eslava, and Mary Kate Anthony (Latin II)

Earning "cum laude" recognition were: Margaret Loegler, Andrés Christensen, Joshua Lynch (Latin I) and 
Maeve Andrews and Marc Nyantakyi (Latin II).