Westfield High School Proclaims 13 NJ Laureates In National French Exam

A total of 13 Westfield High School students have been named New Jersey laureates and 11 have been ranked nationally in the National French Exam known as the “Grand Concours,” organized each year by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). A total of 49 Westfield High School students took part this year with over 100,000 elementary and secondary students participating in the contest nationally.

The following students are top ranked in the state and/or nationally:

FRENCH 2 (NJ ranking/National ranking)

• Asa Coleman - 6/ 6th National
• Fiona Gillepsie - 8/ 8th National
• Madison McKenna- 8/ 8th National
• Lindsay Garnhart - 10/ 10th National

FRENCH 3 (NJ Ranking/ National Ranking)

• Charlotte Gilbertson - 2/ 4th National
• Olivia Hamilton - 2/ 4th National
• Michael Hauge - 6/ 8th National
• Charlotte Perez - 6/ 8th National
• Charles Rule - 6/ 8th National
• Cameron Scalera - 10/ 12th National

FRENCH 4 (NJ Ranking)

Courtney Casale - 10

Mary Gouldson - 10

FRENCH 5 (NJ Ranking/ National Ranking)

• Andrew Kuznetsov - 7/ 8th National

“We would like to congratulate all of our students for their hard work and dedication to learning another language, and we look forward to more opportunities to showcase their linguistic proficiencies. The teachers and administrators of our French program are extremely proud of these results and appreciate the continued commitment to the French language,” stated Dr. David Greer, Supervisor of World Languages K-12 in the Westfield Public Schools.