Aldine ISD Foreign Language Fair Winners

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Aldine ISD held it’s annual Foreign Language Fair on May 4 with 480 intermediate, middle, ninth, and high school students from across the school district competing in Spanish, French and German. The fair offered all sorts of events and competitions to test, prove and show-off the students’ ability to speak both a foreign language and demonstrate a greater knowledge of the culture associated with that language.

All students are encouraged to study a foreign language. While many graduation and college admission requirements include foreign language study, there are many reasons to learn a foreign language. A few of the top reasons include to increase communication skills, increase cultural understanding, increase business and career opportunities as well as increase language enhancement of one’s own native language. Research also demonstrates that learning a foreign language can increase test scores (SAT and standardized test scores in math, reading, and language arts).

The first place winners of the AISD Foreign Language Fair are as follows:

Spanish High School Native Speakers
Campus — MacArthur High School
Students — Yulemi Acevedo, Bryan Ortega, Judith Gallegos, María Vega, Rebeca García & Alma López

French High School Non-Native Speakers
Campus — MacArthur High School
Students — Marina Flores, Selma Niño, Elida Rodríguez, Raquel Gameros, Nathan Ponce, Isabel Galván, Jason Stenley & José Olivo

Spanish Ninth Grade Native Speakers
Campus — Nimitz Ninth Grade
Students — Ariella Dominguez, Damaris Santoya, Omar Marroquín, Raúl Alejandro & Roman Ballejo

Spanish Ninth Grade Non-Native Speakers
Campus — Victory Early College High School
Students — Keaton Boudreaux, Lauryn Hector, Bao Hoang, Phoenix Lucio, Nicole Magpantay, Richard Paredes. Alfredo Rodríguez & Jasmine Smith

Spanish Middle School Native Speakers
Campus — Grantham Middle School
Students — Cristal Barcenas, Ana Cahuantzi, Gabriela Martínez, Gustavo Agreda, Ingris Pereira, Gustavo Gómez, Briseida Sánchez
Teacher — Jennifer LeBlanc

Spanish Middle School Non-Native Speakers
Campus — Stovall Middle School
Students — Darrian Warren & Jennifer Flores

Spanish Intermediate Native Speakers
Campus — Eckert Intermediate School
Students — Nathan Guerra, Hailie Borrego, Samantha Aldaco, Kyvana Nguyen, Guadalupe Acosta, Jaimie Lozano & Jared Alvarenga

Spanish Intermediate Non-Native Speakers
Campus — Wilson Intermediate School
Students — Eugenio Martínez, Ashley Salmarón, Caetlyn Alexander, Luis Herrera, Juan Flores, Johanna Medrano, Kimberly Hernández, Julie Nguyen, Stephanie Mejía, Bryan Rubio, Jocelyn Tovar, Darla López & Iveth Castellanos
Teachers — Celestine Gbae & Juliet Olabisi

MacArthur High School Foreign Language Winners

MacArthur High School Foreign Language Fair Winners

Grantham Academy Foreign Language Fair Winners

Wilson Intermediate School Foreign Language Fair Winners

Students from Wilson Intermediate are dressed in traditional attire worn in Mali.

Students competed in a variety of categories. This is an example of one of the projects created by foreign language students at Hoffman Middle School.