Sunday, February 17, 2013

Southwest Students Advance to National Japan Bowl Competition



Southwest Students Advance to National Japan Bowl Competition in Maryland!!! 

The Japan Bowl is a national competition to test the ability of high school students throughout America 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 Upper Midwest Regional Competition was held at Normandale Community College on Saturday 16th, 2013.  There were three levels: level II, level III and level IV in this competition.
 
The Southwest level IV-B students won first place in their level.   This team is now eligible to participate in The 2013 National Japan Bowl Competition, to be held Thursday-Saturday, April 11-13, 2013 at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 

Please congratulate the finalists who represented Southwest at Regions this year: 

Level IV-B             Anna Kelly,  Matthew Benbenek,  Maxwell Tong

Other participants who did a great job at Regions are:
Level IV-A          Michael Hawkinson,  Andrea Obermiller,  Fiona Walkers
Level III-A            Tressie  Chamlongsong,  Crisol Clemente,  Peter Hubbard
Level III-B            Elizabeth Rinde,  Kimberly Vice,  Victor Nieto-Vides
Level II-A            Katherine Vo,  Rhiannon Aldrich,  Mclean Cozine
Level II-B            Olivia Engel,  Oskar Soderberg,  Denys Karia

There was also a Talent Show. There were three categories and four students that participated from Southwest.  Please congratulate the winners below when you see them.

Speech/ Drama  category     1st place :  Stuart Gordon

Art Creation  category     1st place :  Elizabeth Rinde         2nd place: Patricia Ghost

Participants : Madeline Heikkila, Stuart Gordon, Elizabeth Rinde, Patricia Ghost.
 

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