Sunday, February 14, 2010

SW Place third in Japanese state contest!

Southwest Students won third place in the Minnesota J-Quiz Competition

The J-Quiz is a competition to test the ability of high school students who are studying the Japanese language. It is modeled on a quiz show format and aims to make the study of Japanese challenging and enjoyable.

The Minnesota State Competition was held at Normandale Community College on February 13th, 2010. It was a competition to include Minnesota, and Northern Wisconsin.

There were three levels: level II, level III and level IV in this competition. Southwest teams won 3rd place in level IV.

Congratulations to the finalists who represented Southwest at state this year:
Level IV-B Jessamyn Anderson, Rachel Boyle, Brenda Barrera
Other participants are:
Level IV-A Connor Rice, Reed Monson, Grant Jolstad
Level III-A Cunthia Vue, David Rawlins, Matthew Casey
Level III-B Kaija Beilke, Lilabel McCall, Jonathan Riddle
Level II-A Michael Moore, Matthew Thomazin, Isabel Pone

Kyoko French
Japanese Teacher

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