Date:  May 6, 2003
Contact: Irene Cromer
(703) 791-8720

 Prince William County Public Schools held the annual Courcours Francais/Concurso De Discourso recently at Osbourn Park High School.  This competition offers the school division’s students of French and Spanish the opportunity to display their spoken language abilities.  The goals of the competition are to give French/Spanish students at any level of study the chance to increase the appreciation of Francophone/Hispanic literature; to improve their pronunciation and public speaking skills, to be recognized for their accomplishments, and to interact with their peers from across the county.

 Students compete in the categories of memorized presentation, dramatic reading and sight-reading and are judged on interpretation, delivery, and pronunciation.  The Spanish competition is divided into the categories of native-speaker and non-native speakers.  Native speakers are those with significant experience in the language outside the classroom.  This does not mean that the student must have been born outside the United States.  Non-native speakers are those who have classroom experience only.  This is the fifteenth year of the Concurso de Discurso.  The French competition was added in 2001.

 This year’s winners, their category of competition and their schools are provided below.

Concours (French) 2003 Winners

Level 1 Memorized Recitation
First place, Tiffany Lamptey, Fred Lynn MS; Second place, Claudia Gutierrez, Stonewall Jackson HS; Third place, Caitlyn Harrison, Parkside MS.

Level 1 Dramatic Reading
First place, Madeleine Groundwater, Parkside MS; Second place, Erin McNamara, Parkside MS; Third place, Emily Siwachok, Saunders MS; Third place, Arshea Whittaker, Fred Lynn MS.

Level 1 Sight Reading
First place, Christin Johnson, Fred Lynn MS; First place, Chantal Ansah, Fred Lynn MS; Second place, Sydney Taylor, Lake Ridge MS; Third place, Parastou Madjarrad, Fred Lynn MS.

Level 2 Memorized Recitation
First place, Emily Larson, Forest Park HS; Second place, Leslie Cajas, Forest Park HS; Third place, Megan Federwisch, Forest Park HS.

Level 2 Dramatic Reading
First place, Kate Roeglin, Brentsville HS; Second place, Desiree Smith, Stonewall Jackson HS; Third place, Jessica Thivierge, Osbourn Park HS.

Level 2 Sight Reading
First place, Evan Campbell, Stonewall Jackson HS; Second place, Stephanie Kamai, Stonewall Jackson HS;Second place, Pietro Rea, Lake Ridge MS; Third place, Anthony Nguyen, Forest Park HS.

Level 3 Memorized Recitation
First place, Isata Sesay, Potomac HS; Second place, Natasha Singh, Potomac HS; Third place, Cindy Lopez, Potomac HS.
   
Level 3 Dramatic Reading
First place, Sarah Yoldash, Gar-Field HS, First place, Rachael Greene, Forest Park HS, Second place, Thomas Scovel, Forest Park HS; Second place, Jessica Brown, Forest Park HS; Third place, Brandon Foster, Hylton HS.

Level 3 Sight Reading
First place, Stephanie Pitotti, Forest Park HS; Second place, Sarah Crete, Forest Park HS; Third place, Stephen Graff, Gar-Field HS.

Advanced Level Memorized Recitation
First place, Philip Olson, Gar-Field HS; Second place, Natalie Bolder, Gar-Field HS.

Advanced Level Dramatic Reading 
First place, Frances Jackson, Gar-Field HS; Second place, Natalie Zelaya, Gar-Field HS; Third place, Gerson Zelaya, Gar-Field HS.

Advanced Level Sight Reading
First place, Sinja Rathje, Brentsville HS, Second place, Ashley Hoops, Brentsville HS; Third place, Donald Glass, Potomac HS; Third place, Barbora Svarovska, OPHS.

Native Speaker Elementary Level Memorized Recitation
First place, Ilyass Bourbel, Forest Park HS; Second place, Shawnee McPhail, Osbourn Park HS.

Concurso de discurso (Spanish) 2003 Winners

Non-Native Level 1 Memorized Recitation 
First place, Katie Gonzalez, Parkside MS; Second place, Kelsey Brilakis, Saunders MS; Third place, Aminata Bash-Tagi, Saunders MS; Third place, Denise Jones, Saunders MS.

Non-Native Level 1 Dramatic Reading
First place, Anthony Ragos, Saunders MS; First place, Kellie Wells, Saunders MS; Second place, 
Afua Adjei, Saunders MS; Third place, Shazia Khattak, Saunders MS.

Non-Native Level 1 Sight Reading
First place, Erika Brown, Parkside MS; Second place, Alexandra Clenney, Fred Lynn MS; Third place, Neftali Ramirez, Fred Lynn MS.
Non-Native Level 2 Memorized Recitation
First place, Holly Smelser, Brentsville HS; First place, Muhammad Quraish, Potomac HS, Second place, Jacqueline Barnwell, SJMS; Third place, Laetitio Bergeron, SJMS.

Non-Native Level 2 Dramatic Reading
First place, Roselie Essiem, Hylton HS; Second place, Alana Newman, Forest Park HS; Third place, Evie Salazar, Hylton HS.

Non-Native Level 2 Sight Reading
First place, Allison Kinney, Lake Ridge MS; Second place, Terrence Fisher, Hylton HS; Third place, Jared Kobulnicky, Potomac HS.

Non-Native Level 3 Memorized Recitation
First place, Matthew Marcus, Hylton HS; Second place, Ana Saldana, Hylton HS; Third place, Liz Nohelty, Osbourn Park HS.

Non-Native Level 3 Dramatic Reading
First place, William Hummel, Brentsville HS; Second place, Kaylyn Smith, Brentsville HS; Third place, Daniel Ryan, Brentsville HS.

Non-Native Level 3 Sight Reading
First place, Mark Everett, Brentsville HS; Second place, Dustin Lovell, Potomac HS; Third place, Katherine Beach, Brentsville HS.

Non-Native Advanced Level Memorized Recitation
First place, Patrick Mitchell, Brentsville HS; Second place, Danielle May Forest Park HS; Third place, Maria Webb, Woodbridge HS.

Non-Native Advanced Level Dramatic Reading
First place, Samantha Norton, Osbourn Park HS; Second place, Randi Lassiter, Potomac HS; Third place, Michele Ingles, Brentsville HS.

Non-Native Advanced Level Sight Reading
First place, Marit Majeski, Hylton HS; Second place, Karlo Crystal, Potomac HS; Third place, Kristin Holck, Potomac HS.

Native Speaker Elementary Level Memorized Recitation
First place, Tessy Calderon, Forest Park HS; Second place, Lucinda Vasquez, Potomac HS; Third place, Aracely Moya, Brentsville HS.

Native Speaker Elementary Level Dramatic Reading
First place, Carlos Flores, Potomac HS; Second place, Samuel Lora,Woodbridge HS; Third place, Jesus Berrios, Fred Lynn MS; Third place, Ana Sanchez, Hylton HS.

Native Speaker Elementary Level Sight Reading 
First place, Josue Rodriguez, Osbourn Park HS; Second place, Moises Garcia, Fred Lynn MS; Third place, Edgar Garcia, Woodbridge HS.

Native Speaker Advanced Level Memorized Recitation
First place, Yoen Moran, Osbourn Park HS; Second place, Yubitka Cabrera, Osbourn Park HS; Third place, Karla Soto, Osbourn Park HS.

Native Speaker Advanced Level Dramatic Reading
First place, Angela Mendez, Osbourn Park HS; Second place, Natassia Rubio, Brentsville HS; Third place, Yashira Mejia, Brentsville HS.

Native Speaker Advanced Level Sight Reading
First place, Gerson Zelaya, Gar-Field HS; First place, Patricia Espinoza, Osbourn Park HS; Second place, Mauricio Jaramillo, Osbourn Park HS; Third place, Alicia Perez, Osbourn Park HS.