Southwest Japanese World Language Students Earn Third Place

On the Valentine’s Day, 16 Japanese students participated in the J-Quiz at Normandale Community College.  

This is a bi-state competition to test the ability of high school students in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin 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.  

There were three levels: level II, level III and level IV in this competition. The Southwest level III-A students got third place in their category.

Please congratulate Level III-A students! The finalists who represented Southwest at Regions this year were:

Level III-A:   Taylor Nelson,  Elijah Wallen,  Devon Olson

Other participants who did a great job at Regions were:

Level IV-A — Mclean Cozine,  Olivia Engel

Level IV-B — Rhiannon Aldrich,  Pa Chia Thao

Level III-B —Fadumo Mohamed,  Yanique Simpson,  Starlight Thao

Level II-A — Zakeria Husein,  Justin Andrews,  Kongpang Vang

Level II-B —Virginia Culhane,  Elizabeth Kofuji,  Athen Schooler

Thank you for your support!

Kyoko French

Southwest Japanese World Language Teacher