Students from the 7-12 Chinese Program offered within Chagrin Falls Middle School and Chagrin Falls High School earned top awards from the 9th Ohio K-12 Chinese Essay Contest, sponsored by the Ohio Association of Teachers of Chinese.
The Ohio K-12 Chinese Essay Contest is an annual competition for elementary, middle, and high school students from Ohio. During the March 2023 competition, students competed by composing an essay written in Chinese characters on a selected topic. The essays were then judged by experienced Chinese language teachers.
Fifteen total students from Chagrin Falls Middle School and Chagrin Falls High School placed in this year's competition:
Gold Award winners:
Dominick Pantuso - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Maggie Oliver - Grade 11, Chagrin Falls High School
Duncan Scott - Grade 11, Chagrin Falls High School
Alexandra Scharpf - Grade 11, Chagrin Falls High School
Silver Award winners:
Gavin Chan - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Zoe Nesbitt - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Jack Shein - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Ethan Nielsen - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Hailey Haddon - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School
Eric Nemunaitis - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School
Abraham Thurman - Grade 10, Chagrin Falls High School
Nathaniel Bruce - Grade 10, Chagrin Falls High School
Honorable Mention:
Chase Deimling - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Jennah Hamdan - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School
Rory Rohde - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School
We are proud of all students who entered this contest. Congratulations to our award winners!
