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German classes place 1st in national exam
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OTONU'dki Lnwdl'sGerv
man classes place first in
Northern Olifmnia on the
- National Gcnnan'Exam.but two top
studeiib may also ion a trip to Germany
MILS summer*
Of the 920 second-year i^ndc
above German students in northern
California who look the test. 157
scored in the top 10 percent nationwide,
according to Miry Farquhar.
Lowell German teacher and testing
coordinator of the N'ouliero Cilitbrnia
Chapter of Ac American Assocu-
: oOncf.Teachasof German (AATG).
Thirty •three cf die137 were Lowell
students.
among six senior finalise in the senior
Program for fourth-year students
in Northern California, Junior
Joanna Hawkins placed second
among the 15 junior ilnjliib in di*
Regular Program fot lecond- and
third-year students.
• AATX»>an only afford fiv-c trij>4 for
the nine chapter* of it* association in
the NorthwcMorn r^ion for secondanJ
tliird -year stuu'cnif aKiirding to
Farquliar Sintr the Noi them Oli torni.'
:h.n»ter placed wnind n.ilion-
M;i'ir, '.Uwkin* h'.ill h.»i tr-vanit
dau 1 ;i% the other clupieit' !iiMpl.ice
winners
"MUIIIKIII Olii'amu ilid M»>VCI1
«inip.in>"l to other iKiptrrj ruti«inwide
t ivrroll. we i;cl .» delimit: trip lor
the p'fsou tru! MTored number one,
and J nuyfoc 'np for tin: number
rwo,"she xiid. "All olta/duptLTS onlv
get 3 maybe trip.' "«'' "•' ""'"I*"* «•''"''*"» V
they will e.Kh live with * Oinwn TJI- -"/""•'»; **» ^ *P«** "B
an academic l»j'h VIHM»I, .tn much better nw."
"la order to tomvy the humor in our pii.ve.
we had to enunciate- evert word and work on
our gestures so that (he hench people would
Uilderstdnd,"Wjn said
Thirty performances fronvschooi-i m far
north as Urmluie Higli
AS ux south 2i Santa Catalin* School in
jp j
"Thry [the oiher pd,"Tiirner said.*'/uit hearing them help )d
u> a lot. We all have a better understanding of
tlic language as z whok."
"I especially liked Itsimln£ the ailuire of
furcign Unguag«'btfcatiK it's not something
wm'd iwrmally J»*arn in 1 school," \^m said.
!o perform a sccon'itimc for the All ance
iTancaiwOpsn HouseMay 5 JI the sd ooL t
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