Southwest Japan Bowl Regional Winners on to Nationals

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, February  13^th, 2016.  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 2016 National Japan Bowl Competition, to be held Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16, 2016 at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.  

After the competition, students will participate in the SAKURA MATSURI (Japanese Street Festival) in Washington DC.

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

Level IV-B             Isabella Gold,  Taylor Nelson,  Devon Olson

Other participants who did a great job at Regions are:

Level IV-A  Fadumo Mohamed, Yanique Simpson,  Starlight Thao

Level III-A - Virginia Culhane, Elizabeth Kofuji, Athen Schooler

Level III-B  Megan Browne, Zakeria Husein, Cooper Nesmith

Level II-A - Madison Blevins, Korrina Chantland, Nathaniel Murray

Level II-B - Sam Chihak, Ruby Cromer, Gitzie Simonson

 

Isabella Gold,  Taylor Nelson,  Devon Olson