AATF-Minnesota - Le Grand Concours
National French Contest Awards Brunch
May 14, 2008
Coffman Memorial Union
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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400e Anniversaire
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2008 Le Grand Concours
Minnesota
Participating Schools
Apple Valley High School
Benilde-St. Margaret's High School
Blake Middle School
Breck School
Centennial High School
St. Paul Central High School
Duluth Central High School
Century High School, Rochester
Como Park Senior High School
Coon Rapids High School
Cooper High School, Robbinsdale
Denfield High School, Duluth
Duluth East High School
Edina High School
Harding High School
Highland Park High School
International School of Minnesota
John Marshall High Schoo, Rochester
Lake Country School
Marshall School, Duluth
Minnehaha Academy
Minnetonka High School
Mounds Park Academy
Northfield High School
Richfield High School
St. Paul Academy - Summit School
St. Thomas Academy
Visitation School
Wayzata High School
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GC Awards Brunch
Cooper High school table groups

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MERCI!
- Laurie
Chilcote, Karen Johnson, Traci Nelson for their help with the Distribution des
Prix
- Professors
Betsy Kerr and Daniel Brewer (Department of French and Italian, U of MN TC )
- Lydia
Belateche, President of Minnesota Chapter, AATF
- MaryEllen
Weller, Minnesota GC Administrator (2004-2008)
- ALL THE
TEACHERS, PARENTS and ESPECIALLY THE MANY WINNING STUDENT CONTESTANTS !
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Prizes Awarded at tbe Brunch
Certificates
National Winners received the Certificat Laureat
National
Minnesota Winners received the Certificat d'Honneur (bleu)
Scores above the
50th percentile received the Certificat de Reussite
Medals
1st Place National
Winners : received a Gold Medal and a
personal plaque
2nd and
3rd Place National Winners: received
a Silver Medal
4th - 10th Place National Winners: received a Bronze Medal
The National AATF is
sending prizes for ranks 1-10 in Levels 01-5
and for FLES National
winners in ranks 1-10
AATF-MINNESOTA GRAND PRIZES
Names of all Minnesota State winners were included in the Grand
Prize Drawings
The winner of a
special prize of a Langenscheidt Standard French Dictionary
was announced at the
ceremony.
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Minnesota AATF Grand Concours

AATF-Minnesota congratulates
all the winners of our Minnesota GC Grand Prizes
over the past five years !
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Visitation School
Sixth Graders
[ Upper right corner: Chapter President, Lydia Belateche and GC Mn Coordiator,
MaryEllen Weller ]

Two Visitation Winners showing certificates

Bravo to Kathy LaHouze and her Cooper
High School French students
and Merci for sending photos

Medal and Certificate winner from Visitation School
Grand merci to Ilse Norris
Visitation School, Mendota Heights, MN
for sending photos

Visitation School Group
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Colin Kellogg
& Kathy LaHouze, her teacher
Robbinsdale,
Cooper High School
2007 4A and 2008
5A National Grand Concours Winner,
Colin was awarded
the very first Rotary Academic Prize (2 weeks immersion study in Paris)
from the
International Programs of the International Rotary/Alliance Francaise
[ Info: http://www.alliance-us.org/en ]
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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See: http://mnaatf.org/GCMN.html
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