19 MHS Students Top 10 in French in NJ

  Millburn students have a grand success in the Grand Concours, the national French exam that is administered annually by the American Association of Teachers of French. Nineteen students placed in the top ten within New Jersey, from Mme. Spear’s, Mme. Changeux’s, and Mr. Rizzuti’s  french classes.

In the Level three divisions, Junior Tatiana Cherne placed 6^th in New Jersey, 7^th nationally; Freshman Denis Zou placed 10^th in New Jersey, 11^th nationally; Satyen Gupta placed 8^th in New Jersey and 9^th nationally, competing in the native speaker division.

In the Level 4 Division, Junior Andrew Brod and Sophomore Chris Li were 1^st in New Jersey and 5^th in the nation.

The rest of the French 4 class, made up of sophomores, earned high honors as well, with Emily Delgreco and Chris Shim placing 5^th in NJ, 9^th in the Nation; Justin Grossman and Julia Truitt 6^th in NJ, 10th in the nation; Joshua Hochman and Grace Jing were 7^th in NJ, 10^th in the Nation; Rebecca Blevins was 8^th in NJ, 12^th in the nation; Flora Sugarman was 9^th in NJ, 13^th in the nation; Thomas Hunger, Ilana Kamber, and Lauren Maquet-Diafouka were 10^th in NJ, 14^th in the nation. Junior Dana Ettinger placed 10^th in New Jersey and 14^th in the nation in the Level Five Category, and Junior Saachi Gupta placed 4^th in NJ, 6^th in the nation, in the Level Five Native Speaker category, the highest level offered to students.

The National French Exam was administered on March 13 at the Education Center, and was comprised of listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and grammar exercises. The NJ Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French will host an awards ceremony and reception at Rutgers University to honor students and their teachers. 

List (Level "C" indicates that it's in the native speaker category, which is a tougher grading system)

3A: 
- Tatiana Cherne (6 NJ- 7 Nation)
- Denis Zou (10 NJ- 11 Nation)

3C (native):
Satyen Gupta (8 NJ- 9 Nation)

4A:
- Andrew Brod (1 NJ- 5 Nation)
- Christopher Li (1 NJ- 5 Nation)
- April Liu (4 NJ- 8 Nation)
- Emily DelGreco (5 NJ- 9 Nation)
- Christopher Shim (5 NJ- 9 Nation)
- Justin Grossman (6 NJ- 10 Nation)
- Julia Truitt (6 NJ- 10 Nation)
- Joshua Hochman (7 NJ- 10 Nation)
- Grace Jing (7 NJ- 11 Nation)
- Rebecca Blevins (8 NJ- 12 Nation)
- Flora Sugarman (9 NJ- 13 Nation)
- Thomas Hunter (10 NJ- 14 Nation)
- Ilana Kamber (10 NJ- 14 Nation)
- Lauren Maquet-Diafouka (10 NJ- 14 Nation)

5A:
Dana Ettinger (10 NJ- 12 Nation)

5C:
Saachi Gupta (4 NJ- 6 Nation)