For the fifth year in a row, Paris ISD swept the competition at the 45th annual North East Texas Organization of Language Educators (NET-OLE) Foreign Languages Symposium.
Paris Junior High School and Paris High School students captured 74 places in the Spanish competition. Paris ISD earned the High Point Award and Sweepstakes Award for the most total points. Students who placed are:
Beginner (1st year) Spelling: 2nd McKenzie Carlton; Memorized Poetry: 1st McKenzie Carlton, 3rd Corbin Martin; Verbal Fluency: 3rd Corbin Martin; Prepared Speech: 2nd Jada Woodberry, 4th Tarrance Gardner; Sight Reading: 4th Cadence Smith, 5th Corbin Martin
Intermediate (2nd year) Spelling: 2nd Lindley Loughmiller, 5th Prithvi Patel; Memorized Prose: 1st Davis Green, 3rd Ava Hutchings; Memorized Poetry: 1st Lindley Loughmiller, 3rd Ava Lassiter; Verbal Fluency: 2nd Adam Hartman; Prepared Speech: 1st Davis Green, 5th Keyanna Washington; Video: 1st Davis Green
Advanced (3rd-4th year) Spelling: 1st Ryan Tijerina 2nd Grace Perry; Memorized Prose: 1st Ka’Dazsha Price, 3rd Maya Malone; Memorized Poetry: 1st Jocelyn Ting, 4th Allyssa Standifer; Verbal Fluency: 1st LeighAnn Lindsey; Prepared Speech: 2nd Allyssa Standifer, 3rd LeighAnn Lindsey; Sight Reading: 3rd Mikaila Rogers, 4th Parker Benson
Advantaged A (1st—2nd year) Spelling: 1st Adam Hartman, 4th Davis Green; Memorized Poetry: 4th Hana Syed; Verbal Fluency: 1st Davis Green, 6th Ally Dority; Prepared Speech: 1st Hana Syed, 2nd Allena Taylor; Sight Reading: 4th Braeden Tabangcora
Advantaged B (3rd –6th year) Spelling: 1st Sydney Walter, 2nd Evan de la Garza; Memorized Prose: 2nd Aislinn Taylor, 3rd Zachary Nation; Memorized Poetry: 1st Zachary Nation; Verbal Fluency: 2nd Kayleigh Dority, 3rd Evan de la Garza; Prepared Speech: 1st Aislinn Taylor, 2nd Alyssa Tacuyan; Sight Reading: 3rd Kayleigh Dority, 5th Evan de la Garza; Video: 2nd James Miller
Bilingual A (1st—2nd year) Spelling: 3rd Alma Ramirez, 4th Diana Álvarez; Memorized Prose: 2nd Juanita Escalera; Memorized Poetry: 2nd Francisco Acosta, 4th Erica Barber; Verbal Fluency: 7th Naomi Medina; Prepared Speech: 1st Erica Barber; Sight Reading: 2nd Jevoanny Avitua
Bilingual B (3rd-6th year) Spelling: 2nd Lisandro Hernández, 2nd Bryan Torres; Memorized Prose: 1st Nancy Cervantes, 2nd Ammy Rivera; Memorized Poetry: 2nd Edwin González, 3rd Jimena García; Verbal Fluency: 6th Ammy Rivera; Prepared Speech: 4th Christopher Hutson, 5th Natán Rodríguez; Sight Reading: 5th Elizabeth Cervantes, 7th Natán Rodríguez; Essay: 1st Ammy Riviera
Culture (all levels) Dance: 2nd Zach Nation, Natán Rodríguez, Bryan Torres, Jackson Gibo, Evan de la Garza, Kayleigh Dority, Carol Anne Starnes, Alyssa Tacuyan, Aislinn Taylor, Keller Stripland; 3rd Jesús Rangel, Ángela Ramírez, Melissa Villegas, Jessica Quijada, Heidy Dueñez, Estefanía Favela, Edwin Gonzales, José Barrios; Food: 2nd Misael Saavedra; Painting: 1st Jackson Gibo; Textiles: 1st Carol Anne Starnes
1st row: Juanita Escalera, McKenzie Carlton, Jimena Garcia, Hana Syed, Ava Lassiter, Mikaila Rogers, Alyssa Tacuyan, Nancy Cervantes, Angela Ramírez
2nd row: Ka’Dazsha Price, Lisandro Hernández, Erica Barber, Lindley Loughmiller, Jocelyn Ting, Aislinn Taylor, Maya Malone, Carol Anne Starnes, Allyssa Standifer, LeighAnn Lindsey
3rd row: Allena Taylor, Kayleigh Dority, Grace Perry, Alma Rodríguez, Ammy Rivera, José Barrios, Edwin González, Jeovanny Avitua
4th row: James Miller, Adam Hartman, Davis Green, Zach Nation, Ryan Tijerina, Evan de la Garza, Natán Rodríquez, Jackson Gibo, Keller Stripland
