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2024 Why Learn Languages Competition

Winners

Essay

1st Place

  • Ira Tiwary   Odle Middle School, WA
    “My Trilingual Superpower”

2nd Place

  • Myles Evans   West Anchorage High School, AK
    “El Lenguaje es Mi Superpoder”

  • Delilah Easter   Mariner High School, WA
    “How Language Became My Superpower”

  • Maya Dobson   Crescent Valley Highschool, OR
    “Language is Our Superpower”

3rd Place

  • Dominic Tran Edmonds Heights K-12, WA
    “Disfrutando del Español”

  • Rihan Rahman   Skyline High School, WA
    “言語の夢”

  • Sein Kim   Bellevue High School, WA
    “한국어는 새로운 문을 여는 힘”

  • Daniel Lee   Eastlake High School, WA
    “나에게 한글이 슈퍼맨보다 좋은 이유”

  • Catherine Cocke   Mason Middle School, WA

       “Language Is My Superpower”

 

Honorable Mention

  • Andrew Kang   Liberty High School, WA
    “Korean is My Superpower”

  • Jacob Lee   Tesla Stem High School, WA
    “The Superpower”

  • Ramona Gradine   Crescent Valley High School, OR

       “Spanish is My Superpower”

  • Natalia Martinez   WF West High School, WA
    “Language Is My Superpower”

  • Sumit Tripathi   Odle Middle School, WA
    “Why Hindi is My Superpower”

Judge’s Award

  • Kenudi Wiejthilaka   Sage International School, ID

       “Language is My Superpower! How is this True?”

 

Video

1st Place

  • Benson Leavitt, Jordan Anderson, Ella Biggins, Madison Campbell, Nolan Connealy, Brennen Ellis, Addison Knight, Gage Larson, Patrick Luce, Alaina McCary, Kennedy McGowan, Micah Miller, Gabriel Morgan, Jessica Moser, Jordyn Nielsen, Anthony Ocampo, Keelan Smith, Rocco Stordahl, Colby Suko-Clark, Mason Templet, Mallory Terwillinger, Abigail Thayer, Addison Townsend, Devin Wagner, Isaac Webb.
    Billings West High School, MT
    “Leben Wie Ein Feuerwerk (Live Like a Firework)”

 

2nd Place

  • Avery Brundage, Aurore Martinez-Herbin   W.F. West High School, WA
    “J'aime ma vie!”

  • Arushie Soni   Renaissance High School, ID
    “Paree Hoon Main”

  • Sofia Silva, Brad Teng, Allie Beeman, Madeline Peck, Emily Ni, Jordiynn Moeung, Calvin Chang, Rachel Li, Wynn Phon, Ellina Chang, Corbin McLaughlin, David Zuo, Janet Leong, Jonathan Yu, Arya Bailey, Berkeley Chen, Carson Freeman, Audrey Deng, Finn Sibley
    Inglemoor High School, WA
    “Red Mountain Fruit”

 

3rd Place

  • Rowen Bushong   Skyline High School, WA
    "Wait for Me"

  • Viola Hui   Odle Middle School, WA
    "Kaze Ni Naru (Becoming the Wind)"

  • Miles Price   West Anchorage High School, AK
    Spanish Rap

  • Juan Morales Lopez   Renaissance High School, ID
    Poems

  • Noey Berry   Mason Middle School, WA
    "¡Vámonos!"

Honorable Mention

  • Brady Randall, Devin Blaschak, Sharon Combs, Mina Conboy, Taylie Dillman, Ty Graham, Cooper Jones, Sloan Kinsey, Julia Lund, Gracee Mangel, Zachary Marrin, Taryn McNeff, Margaret Miller, Brighton Murphy, Garrison Pearson, Tukkur Peterson, Dylan Philippi, Dakota Quast, Samuel Reinker, Austyn Roscoe, Owen Schneider, Lydia Townsend, Kate Worthington
    Billings West High School, MT
    “Hits of March Madness”

  • Audrey Neuert, Emma McGreal, Haylee Guiberson    W.F. West High School, WA
    “Healing Grandma with Soup!”

  • Autumn Spears, Isabel Thompson   W.F West High School, WA
    “Cooking”

  • Amara Dierwechter    Mason Middle School, WA
    “The Language of Life?”

 

Outstanding Contribution Award

  • Anaely Leon Hernandez

       West Anchorage High School, AK

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