Why Learn Languages
2025 Why Learn Languages Competition
Congragulations to Our Winners!
Essay:
1st Place
Remmy Irvine, Riverside High School, WA
2nd Place*
Stuart Britton, International School of Denver, CO
Thomas Asci, St. John’s Preparatory School, MA
Siunga Gao, Durham Academy Upper School, NC
Navi Ramos Jasso, Liberal Arts and Science Academy, TX
Hammad Elahi, Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL
3rd Place*
Maya Dobson, Wilmington Friends School, DE
J.Oscar Higgins, Pelham Memorial High School, NY
Pierce Chapman, Carroll High School, TX
Phoebe Ledbetter, Our Lady of the Elms High School, OH
Kristin Wells, Indian Mountain Middle School, CT
Bridget Yi, Sierra Madre Middle School, CA
Sisu Alter, The Blake School, MN
Nigel Pierce, Edmonds Heights K-12, WA
Honorable Mention
Demetrios Chambers, International High School, NJ
Alexa Mendizabal, Inglemoor High School, WA
Sophia Lei, Indian Hill Middle School, OH
Zoe Liu, Tilicum Middle School, WA
Grace Gao, Durham Academy Upper School, NC
Leevia Wang, Tyee Middle School, WA
Ngọc Ánh Nguyễn Thị, Trường trung học cơ sở Sơn
Susu Hosch, The Northwest School, WA
*Due to the overwhelming number of submissions, we have expanded the number of Second-Place winners from 3 to 5 and Third-Place winners from 5 to 8.
2025 Cultural Ambassador Winners
AP class
Campbell Berglund, Kevin Correa, Joseph DiCesare, Michael Dorsey, Mattheus Du Plessis, Patrick Kaminski, Ryan MacKeen, Ben Masterson, Brendan
McCarthy, Denzel Ovando, Adam Sindoni, Chris Sorrenti, Nick Sorrenti (St.John's Preparatory School, MA)
Video:
1st Place
Eleni Behbehani, Selah Benjamin-Jones, Stella Bergmann, Lucia Furci, Fiona Haid, Zoe Keeling, Julia Paini, Olivia Ruanphae, Paloma Sanchez, Emmy Sloan
Columbus School for Girls, OH
2nd Place
Jude Robinson, West High School, AK
Sho Muramatsu, Skyline High School, WA
Chinese Class, Riverstone International School, ID
3rd Place
Grace Gao, Annika Lee, Mailyn Moore, Anna Morris
Durham Academy, NC
Isme Cheng, Isabella Rainone
Tenafly Middle School, NJ
Lok Cee Lau, Carroll High School, TX
Reece Scyphers, Colorado Academy, CO
Isabella Botchek, Katherine Brady, Mara Lautzenhiser, Chloe Yang, Tanner Lee, Jason Kim, Aubrey Somers, Heba Abu-Halaweh, Brooklyn Hekker, Keelie Sullivan, Sydric Cheng, Sydnie Cheng, David Wilson, Audrey Fortune, Peyton Guzman, Elise Nilsen, Bradley Lim, Landon Theaker, Kaylee Pedersen, Caralyn Kwak, Lauren Kim, Claire Sedenquist, Audrey Andahl, Kai Brooks, Ghezaal Noori, Jamey Eddy, Noah Eckerlin, Olivia Donohue, Christian Lopez
Glacier Peak High School, WA
Honorable Mention
羅薇如, 高美雅, 歐詩特, 如太寧, 高安德 , 馬邁克
International High School, NJ
Juliana Choe , Dov Eliezer, Rosalia Eliezer, Gierson C. Gamaldo , Leelu K Garufi
Pelham Memorial High School, NY
Oscar Benton Dinges, Zara Uma Fazlic, Kale’a Huesch, Theodore Kubik, Eleanor Clark, Clive Abbott, Daniel Aldrich, Jaya Easter Fong, Ruby Lininger, Maeve Nattam, Evelyn Shen-Miller, Ruwaan Shah
Seattle Waldorf School Middle School, WA
John Talbot, Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL
Keefe Song, The Northwest School, WA
Eliza Dennis and Amara Weinstein, The Northwest School, WA
Outstanding Contribution Award
Anaely León Hernández,
Programa de inmersión en español 9–12°
West Anchorage School, AK
Yi Wang
Modern Language Department
The Northwest School, WA