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 2024 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.
Eleven total students from Chagrin Falls Middle School and Chagrin Falls High School placed in this year's competition:
Gold Award winners:
Dominick Pantuso - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School (2nd year in a row)
Jennah Hamdan - Grade 10, Chagrin Falls High School
Nathaniel Bruce - Grade 11, Chagrin Falls High School
Silver Award winners:
Sean Bencsath - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Nolan Fowler - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Zoe Nesbitt - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Honorable Mention:
Melanie Brosnan - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Madison Livingston - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Gavin Chan - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Henry Mitchell - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School
Jack Shein - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School
