![Middle and Upper School students earn national and state awards in 2025 Le Grand Concours National French Contest]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746561100/stpaulsummit/g9kdprpwxhrrhhuoxx7r/Frenchawardsceremony.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746561100/stpaulsummit/g9kdprpwxhrrhhuoxx7r/Frenchawardsceremony.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1746561100/stpaulsummit/g9kdprpwxhrrhhuoxx7r/Frenchawardsceremony.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1746561100/stpaulsummit/g9kdprpwxhrrhhuoxx7r/Frenchawardsceremony.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1746561100/stpaulsummit/g9kdprpwxhrrhhuoxx7r/Frenchawardsceremony.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1746561100/stpaulsummit/g9kdprpwxhrrhhuoxx7r/Frenchawardsceremony.jpg","width":2200}])
Each spring, students studying French participate in the Le Grand Concours National French Contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. This year, French students in Middle School Level 1B through Upper School Advanced French took this written test, competing against over 47,000 students across the country with similar levels of French. The exam tests students’ listening comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary in French. It is recognized as the toughest test one could take in French, and getting a medal is a tremendous achievement.
The full list of SPA national-level award winners is below. Congratulations and toutes nos félicitations to these outstanding French students!
Grand Concours - National French Exam
Gold medal (95th percentile)
- Level 1: Catherine Piehl ‘31
- Level 2: Vicente Wong-Busse ‘30
- Level 4: Asha Peckosh ‘27
Silver medal (85th - 94th percentile)
- Level 1: Milena Gatto Paz ‘30, Miles Westra ‘30
- Level 2: Lina Abid ‘27, Elliott Hazzard ‘29, Yotam Muchtar ‘29
- Level 3: Olivia Fox ‘28
- Level 4: Leah Passe ‘26
- Level 5: Raven Glaser ‘25
Bronze medal (75th - 84th percentile)
- Level 1: Lucy Byrnes ‘28
- Level 2: Sunde Auberjonois ‘27, Marius Morse ‘25, Bridget Hatch ‘29
Honorable Mention (star indicates a top ten MN state ranking)
- Level 1: Carter Amos ‘29, Teddy Crook* ‘28, Clare Barlow ‘30, Bea Martin ‘30, Elisabeth Hilton ‘30
- Level 2: Anna Klevan ‘28, Leif Rush ‘27, Soren Zuehlke* ‘27, Avery Dayton ‘29, Quinn Wall ‘29, Isa Pinero ‘29, Parker Frosch ‘29, Henry Fruin ‘29, Elana Broderius ‘29, Violet McCoy ‘29, Lili Itkowitz ‘29
- Level 3: Zoe Wagner* ‘28, Oakley Schonwald ‘28, Eliott Gilats ‘28, Paloma Gomez-Whitney ‘26, Soren Guettler ‘28, Cutler Crook ‘26, Izzy Middlebrook ‘28
- Level 4: Avi Coleman* ‘27, Annika Kim ‘26
- Level 5: Maeve Duncan* ‘26, Zoe Huelster* ‘26, Annika Kim* ‘28, Bora Mandic* ‘25, Nicholas McCarthy* ‘25, Madelyn Moser* ‘25, Maren Overgaard* ‘26, Liza Thomas* ‘25, Olympia Wolff* ‘25