East Ridge Middle School students Maeve Colarusso and Blythe Filaski ranked nationally in the 95th percentile in Le Grand Concours, a national competition sponsored by theAmerican Association of Teachers of French. Students were evaluated by their written, oral and listening comprehension skills in French. Nearly 100,000 students in all 50 states competed in the 2014 event. East Ridge students Maia Clarkin, Lily Earle-Hecht, Abigail Fennell, Alexa Pass and Alice Townsend ranked nationally in the 90th percentile. Pictured are students who participated in the event. Top row from left to right are Maeve Colarusso, Maia Clarkin, Alice Townsend, Callie McQuilken, Lily Earle-Hecht, Abigail Fennell and Will Short. Middle row: Hannah Haden, Amanda Castelluccio and Blythe Filaski. Front row: Rachel Blieden and Alexa Pass. Not pictured: Bud Boehringer and Caroline Bunt. All are students of Mmes. Nancy Hanson and Rosemary Earle of East Ridge Middle School.
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