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"Felicitaciones" to UCSD Medalists at the State Language Competition

Last Saturday, several UCSD language students made their way to the 2018 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska World Language Declamation Contest held at South High School in Anchorage.

Students competed in categories that ranged from cultural trivia to poetry to advanced placement dialogue.

Unalaska’s language teacher Galena Roraback accompanied the students and many came home donning bronze, silver and gold medals. Congratulations to all!

German 1: Kathleen Tan - gold

German 2: Trever Schliebe - silver, Jerome Molina - bronze

Spanish Cultural Trivia: Ariel Go - gold

Spanish 1: Raven Marquez & Ariel Go  -  both gold, Sofia Go - silver, Lisa Tran - bronze 

Spanish 2: Reece Leggett - gold, John Sefuentes - bronze, Jason Sefuentes- silver 

Spanish 3: Alyssa Tungul-silver, Bea Sevilla - bronze

Spanish 4: Umar Hill -gold

Spanish Impromptu: Adam Nguyen-gold

Chrissy worked as the Arts & Culture Director from 2015 until she moved away from the community in 2019. She now works with us as a consultant, producer, and video editor on special projects.