2022 Virtual Award Ceremony

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Thank you for participating in the 2022 “Why Learn Chinese” Competition! Our panel of judges had a difficult time picking the best entries out the 327 pieces submitted, and after multiple rounds of judging, they selected first, second, and third-place winners, as well as honorable mentions. 

1st Place Winner

Namah Daga (Tillicum Middle School)

2nd Place Winners

Emily Leung-Kaplan (The Overlake School)  

Jerry Liu (Interlake High School)  

Nelson Nguyen  (Glacier Peak High School)   

3rd Place Winners 

Kandyce Diep (Inglemoor High School)

Rhianna Gonzales (RA Long High School)  

Kylie Liu  (Gateway Middle School)  

Ellis Gould (Mercer Int Middle School)  

Rosemary Shimao  (Pacific Cascade Middle School)  

Honorable Mentions

Stella Hill-Stach (Asa Mercer International Middle School) 

Nathan Zeon (Edmonds Woodway High School) 

Tristan Chan (Islander Middle School) 

Daniel Meyerzon (OdleMiddle School) 

Veronique Gunawan(Skyline High School) 

Troy Chabot (The Bush School) 

Olivia Aye (Cascade High School) 

Audrey Bertsch (Eastside Catholic High School) 

Shannon Chang (Everett High School) 

Erika Ni (Kamiakin Middle School) 

Serena Gao (Redmond High School) 

Sarah Chianglin (Sammamish High School) 

Jack Basinski (University Preparatory High School) 

Eric Wallin (TyeeMiddle School)

1st Place Winner:

Hailey Brewer, Ash Briscoe, Ardaja Callandret, AiyunChee, Malaki Green, Kelsey Hamilton, Kyle Hays, Max Hill, Matthew Kennedy, Anna Lauinger, Maria McDowall, Giorgio Merca, Keira Munko, Natalia Peng, Liam Riley, Sam Schoenfelder, Daniel Soto Parra, Ava Tinder, Nicky Vlasceanu, Kine Yade, Marcus Yeung (Seattle Preparatory School) 热爱105℃的你 

2nd Place Winners

Mingni Fu (Interlake High School) 我的梦

Rishi Khandelwal (Odle Middle School) 我爱中国菜

Lily Brush, Jackson Cahn, Natalie Collier, Marek Finak, Ayu Hirohata, Noah Linton, Thor Umlauf, Piper Weiland (Seattle Waldorf High School) 月亮代表我的心 

3rd Place Winners

Eva Chen (East side preparatory School) 小白菜

Jean Chen (Life Prep Academy) 谁能使我与神的爱隔绝

Liliana Mcpeck (Tillicum middle school) 阿刁 

Lily Su (Skyline High School) 永不失联的愛

Ea Shepard, Addie Heindel, Damien Laret, Cash Allen, Finn Nualkhair (Seattle Waldorf School) 你和我

Honorable Mentions

Nuradin Bhatti, Ryan Bjers, Maeve Kamerling, Chi Luu, Hans Riebeling, Alma Wigzell  (Seattle Waldorf High School) 小苹果 

Daniella Tsang, Finn Meffe  (Ingraham High School) 月亮代表我的心 

Sonya He  (Issaquah High School) 征服 

Ian Y. Chen (Tillicum middle school) 天之大 

Ms. Evon Xu (Glacier Peak High School )

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