Midle school students take French contest exam

Twenty-two students in Joanne Magill’s French I class at Northern Middle School were among 6,300 students nationwide who participated in the spring National French Exam, a contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. They are, from left, front row, Jacob Weller, Sierra Hunter, Alysha Argot, Tina Martin, Logan Bennett, Jared Kearns and Griffin Baublitz; middle row, Gabbi Crouse, Colleen O’Neal, Ashley Smentkowski, Gabbi Lodovici, Josh DeWitt, Brennan Maynard, Hunter Osterhoudt, Zack Hendrickson and Sean Meckley; and back row, Chelsea Danner, Julia Heasley, Allie Simms, Bailey Hipp, Andrew Teletnick and Noah Smith.