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Congratulations!

Everyone's participation is highly appreciated! Please enjoy the award ceremony video, and feel free to share the link with colleagues, classes, and friends to join in the celebration. We look forward to seeing you next year in the 2025 National "Why Learn Languages" Competition.


2024 "Why Learn Chinese" Competition Winners

We are thrilled to announce that this year's event received an overwhelming response, with over 410 participants from all six states in the Pacific Northwest region. Congratulations to all the winners and participants! This is a fantastic achievement and a testament to your talent and hardwork.


Competition Information

2024 "Why Learn Chinese" Competition

Essay:

1st Place

  • Lyndon Le   RA Long High School, WA
    “With Great Language Comes Great Understanding”


2nd Place

  • Naomi Axelrod   Columbia River High School, WA
    “Learning Chinese: Moving Forward, Not Backward”
  • David Nguyen   Asa Mercer Middle School, WA
    “The Abilities Gained by Learning Chinese “
  • Leevia Wang   Tyee Middle School, WA
    "Chinese, My Linguistic Superpower Unraveling Cultural Treasures“


3rd Place

  • Kai Donohue   Lake Oswego High School, OR
    “Two Different Worlds”
  • Jiexi Mei   Timberline High School, ID
    “十一年学中文”
  • Kylie Liu   Henry M. Jackson High School, WA
    “中文是我的超级强力”
  • Emily Leung-Kaplan   Anna Bilingual Education, WA
    “汉语口语:连接世界的超能力“
  • Remi Wang   Seattle Country Day School, WA
    “中文是我的超能力”


Honorable Mention

  • Weishin Tsay   Tillicum Middle School, WA
    “我的中文超能力”
  • Melina Horsman   Seattle Waldorf School Middle School, WA
    “Chinese Is My Superpower!”
  • Willy Du   Interlake High School, WA
    “Language Mastery for Life Changes”
  • Namah Daga   Newport High School, WA
    "Beyond Words"
  • Gwen Willardson   Lakeridge High School, OR
    “The Chinese Language Has Opened a Door for Me”
  • Ada Green   Odle Middle School, WA
    “Chinese is my Superpower”
  • Alyssa Huynh   Mercer International Middle School, WA
    “The Future that Language Holds”


Video

1st Place

  •  Hailey Brewer 贝巧惠, Elena (Ash) Briscoe 白思逸, Ardaja Callandret 武敏夏, Aiyun Chee 朱爱云, Kelsey Hamilton 凌茶意, Kyle Hays 何志成, Max Hill 洪文理, Anna Lauinger 罗欣怡, Giorgio Merca 马博衍, Keira Munko 孟善怡, Natalia Peng 彭依玲, Sam Schoenfelder 申沐磊, Daniel Soto Parra 苏明仁, Nicky Vlasceanu 傅思聪, Mateo Baptista-Allan, Kaitlyn Grusz, Jaimie Kim, Aibe Misiker, Sofia Griffin, Nicolas Davila, Audrey Trinen, Hugues Bindel, Maggie Groth, Kris Sekhar, August Peck, Marcus Yeung 杨尚志, Jace Baptista-Allan, Xavier Abenojar, Toto Mounir, Brock Tunimello, Liam Riley 瑞海涛, Matthew Kennedy 康志强   
    Seattle Preparatory School, WA
    “中国话”


2nd Place

  • Addie Heindel 柯爱迪,Arjuna Perumal-Ruiba 爱俊,Cannon Neil 李浩然,Ea Shepard 叶子,Jaiden Rabin 任欣怡, JD Scearcy 史俊杰   
    Seattle Waldorf High School, WA
    "静夜思"
  • Ian Chen, Isabella Chin, Joseph Eng, Annika Furlong, Norman Furlong, Zoe Furlong, Brandt Hersch, Zhao Yi Jiang, Jonah Kowal, Chloe Kwan, Dylan Nguyen, Huyen Nguyen, Tyler Sai, Sam Unneland, Kraig Williams, Lute Williams   
    Sammamish High School, WA
    “The Sound of China”
  • Alexandra Holenstein   Tillicum Middle School
    Spring in the Prairie (Chopsticks Dance)


3rd Place

  • 康平涛 (P Emmett Calhoun), 丁翱思 (Oscar Dinges), 方泽如 (Zara Fazlic), 胡丽雅 (Kale’a Hüsch), 顾心舵 (Theodore Lion Kubik), 罗查理 (Charles Lopez), 郑薇 (Veda Karuna Zimmer), 柯丽丽 (Eleanor Clark), Clive Abbott, Daniel Aldrich, Jaya Easter Fong, 林如英 (Ruby Lininger), 那美芙 (Maeve Nattam), 沈于晶 (Evelyn Shen-Miller), 史如伟 (Ruwaan Shah)
    Seattle Waldorf School,WA
    “东方之珠”
  • Heba Abu-Halaweh, Sabrina Betita, Issak Blanch, Aidan Brees, Kennedy Brewer, Luke Carlson, Clara Diepenbrock, Angelica Heimbigner, Campbell Hughes, Caralyn Kwak, Aiden Larsen, Paul Pankevich, Kenneth Nget, Josiah Lee, Tanner Lee, Camon Mann, Jada May, Elliot Nicoletti, Khristian Prom, Alan Rangel, Jordan Ransom, Shay Russon, Melinda Soeung, Amelia Weeks, Chloe Yang, Joachim Jakuc, Lauren Hufford, Kiefer Karyadi, Jaxon Martin
    Glacier Peak High School, WA
    “小城夏天”
  • Jessica Huot, Joy Yoo, Jordan Mar
    Edmonds Woodway High School, WA
    “Connecting Through Chinese”
  • Natalie Williamson   Renaissance High School, ID
    空竹
  • Maya Nanavati, Emma Hankins, Maggie Shields, Addison Yule
    Riverstone International School, ID
    "日不落"


Honorable Mention

  • Serena Zhang   Skyview Middle School, WA
    "Jasmine Flower"
  • Nasya Sudarman   Odle Middle School, WA
    "如愿"
  • Paxton Durham   Renaissance High School, ID
    "天气预报"
  • Charlize Sow, Briana Lee, Elina Desai
    Seattle Country Day School, WA
    “Batter Up Mandarin Cover”
  • Erica Perdido   Anna Bilingual Education/RCS
    “一剪梅”

Outstanding Contribution Award

  • Daisy Chai Tsang   Seattle Waldorf School, WA

Judge’s Award

  • Andrea (Andy) Mezgravis-Miani Horace Greeley High School, NY
    “Saving the World One Word at a Time”

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