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 16^th, 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.