MacArthur High School Foreign Language Students Place in Top 10 at State German Contest

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Samuel Rivera & María Castañeda

Samuel Rivera and María Castañeda from [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]MacArthur High School advanced to the state event. They qualified after placing in the top five at the regional meet. [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]HoustonFest, the regional event, took place at Lainer Middle School.

The [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Texas State German Contest took place at [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]University of Texas in San Marcos in late February. Students can compete or take part in more than 40 events. This year 1,500 students from 90 schools competed at the state contest.

María placed third in Poetry Memory Level II with “Die Lorelei.” She also placed fifth in Poetry Reading Level II with “Ich bin auf der Welt zu allein.”

Samuel Rivera placed ninth in Prose Reading Level III with “Nachts Schlafen die Ratten doch.”

Kathryn Walters is proud of the students. Walters is their German language teacher.

“Both have worked hard on their pronunciation,” Walters said. “All that practice paid off. I am extremely proud of María and Samuel.“

Gut gemacht!