Students Win Language Competition

Five students won honors in the recent Long Island Language Teachers American Sign Language Song Competition. 

All five Farmingdale students placed in the competition of more than 200 students from across Long Island. Cassie Mormino placed second, Jennifer O’Neill and Ayesha Ali placed third and Kayla Martin and Jessica Hunt won Honorable Mention. 

The students were asked to select a song and learn the musical selection t0 enrich of the language being studied. The students created tapes with a brief introduction in English with the song title and singer and then performed the song in sign language.

Entries were submitted by the American Sign Language Department at Farmingdale High School.

Long Island Language Teachers Inc. is an organization of second language teachers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Its membership includes K-12 teachers and supervisors of French, German, Italian, Spanish, Classical Languages, ESL (English as a Second Language) and ASL (American Sign Language). The foreign language competitions are held annually.