It is with great pleasure that we announce that St Albans students have once again participated and been place winners in the CIS (Centre of Italian Studies) Poetry Competition.

On the 13 September, and after weeks of practice, 30 Year 7 and 8 Italian students competed in the CIS (Centre of Italian Studies) Italian Poetry competition. Students were judged in the following categories:

• Knowledge of Poem
• Appropriate Expression
• Pronunciation
• Intonation
• Gesture and Eye Contact

Prizes were awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at Year 7 and 8 for the state of Victoria. Congratulations to Delphi-Zeng Lagas of 7F and Grace Cowling of 8A who both finished second in the state!

Certificate of Distinction were received by the following students:

Year 7	Year 8
Ishmeet Hehar (Highly Commended)	Mikayla Huynh
Jessica Le (Highly Commended)	Dema Ihsan
Layla Le	Josephine Mai
Farishtay Naqvi	Hope Vili
Alice Tran
Andy Truong
Sally Wang
Thien Dan
Amy Shi

 

Certificate of Merit were received by the following students:

Year 7	Year 8
Dante Donal	Randy Lim Ka Lan
Avileen Kaur Maan	Henry Phan
James River	Melany Romera Duran
Lian Sa Thing	Amirah Shone
Kevin Tran	Andy Tran
	Thuan Tran
	Syeda Mariam Batool
	Sharlene Nguyen

 

Certificate of Participation were received by the following students:

Year 8

Darren Lai

Minh Tan Le

 

 

Piera Biondi – LOTE LAC