2009 Contest Winners
This spring we asked you to tell us why you wanted to learn another language at Concordia Language Villages this summer. You responded with wonderful stories, videos, photos and essays from across the United States, making the job of picking winners especially difficult! Here is the list of all of our contest winners. To see the submissions, click on each language link.
See you this summer, and keep learning languages!
Danish Essay Contest
Sponsored by the Red River Danes
Prize: $600 towards any Danish session
DeShawn Poindexter, 12
German Multimedia Contest
Sponsored by: The American Association of Teachers of German, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the United States, Germany's Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen - Central Agency for German Schools Abroad and Concordia Language Villages.
Prize: Two-week full and partial scholarships to Waldsee
Max Teems, 10
Sonia Urquidi, 14
Robert Amico, 17
Luc Moisan, 14
Savana Stuhl, 11
Erin Smith, 9
Kiehlor Mack, 17
Sarah Nissen, 14
Lena Schroeder, 12
Erynn Hierl, 11
Europe Day Scholarship Giveaway
Prize: $1200 scholarship towards a two- or four-week summer session at Concordia Language Villages
Sponsored by: The Olsen Family and Jim Bowers
Abby Dorey, 8 (German)
Sponsored by: El Lago del Bosque and the Moertel Family
Kyra Greene, 11 (Spanish)
Sponsored by: Sue Ebertz and Christine Schultz
Jake Wargin, 14 (Swedish)
Peace with a French Accent Photo Contest
Sponsored by Ten Thousand Villages and Greg Cash
Grand Prize: $1000 towards any French session
Marissa Diggs, 9
Elena Dole, 14
Prize: $925 towards any French session
Nathaniel Kropid, 14
Italian Essay Contest
Sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)
Prize: Full and partial scholarships to Lago del Bosco
Adrian Castellotto
Maria Columbu
Helen Ferranti
Colin Gaffney
Metzli Gonzalez
Meredyth Gottschall
Sean Igoe
Erica Keller
Brennan Knop
Ryan Kreglo
Jordan Kyle
Whitney Kyle
Alanna Lynch
Christina McGuire
Amy McMeeking
Haley Pugliese
Madeleine Senko
Charles Taylor
Lucia Vitale
Korean Essay Contest
Sponsored by the Simone Corporation and the Yonkang Foundation
Prize: Partial scholarships towards a 2- or 4-week session.
Simone Corporation winners:
Charles Olson, 14
Jolynn Smith, 11
Stephanie Morse-Noland, 16
Ashley Stephenson, 14
Kamon Tari, 13
Yonkang Foundation winners:
Liliana Lim, 14
Logan McGraw, 10
Nicole Berle, 12
Myriah Boyer, 12
Seong Eun Joung, 11
Donhyun Lee, 11
Samantha Yanf, 13
David Song, 15
Portuguese Essay Contest
Sponsor: Luso-American Development Foundation and an anonymous donor
Prize: Full and partial scholarships towards a two-week session
Dean Shaff, 15
Ayana Ceaser, 14
Kendra McCarthy, 12
Anna Anderson, 11
Katherine Weir, 12
Daniel Familia, 17
Thomas Schultz, 18
Noah Dejewski, 11
Kevin Kris
Alyssa Anderson
Russian Essay Contest Winners
Sponsored by Concordia Language Villages Moorhead Office Staff
Grand Prize: $1500 towards any Russian session
April Eaker, 17
Prize: $300 towards any Russian session
Cara Kohler, 14
Widny Nazaire, 16
Alexandra Diouk, 12
Taylor Isenhour, 17
Teva Kaplan, 14
Anton Demidov, 15
