ARHS Russian Scholars Win Big!

In November 2007, Russian students from Amherst Regional High School competed in the National Russian Essay Contest, sponsored by the American Council of teachers of Russian. Twenty-eight students from the Intermediate and Advanced classes had 2 hours in which to formulate and write an essay on the topic "Why I decided to study Russian.” Nationally, 66 schools competed in this contest, with 1,397 essays written.

The Amherst students really outdid themselves this year, with 21 of the 28 participants earning Gold Medals! Jane Shuffelton, president of the organization, sent this note with the results: "Please accept my awed congratulations at your students' prowess. How do you do it? They have such strong skills in grammar, syntax, spelling...and they write such creative, lively essays." The essays of the gold medal winners will now be sent to the Pushkin Institute in Moscow for a second round of international judging.

Advanced students and their medals:

Baglow, Brittany—Gold

Benfey, Tommy—Silver

Brigham, Atticus—Gold

Crough, Olivia—Silver

Darby, Cecilia—Silver

Fisher, Annie—Gold

Kiefer, Andrew—Bronze

Parson-Gomberg, Ben—Gold

Levy-Moore, Luke—Gold

Norden, Erika—Gold

Popstefaniya, Aleksandr—Silver

Rising, Lisa—Silver

Rivera, Sasha—Gold

Ryan, Hannah—Gold

Tetenbaum, Noah—Gold

Thom, Jenae—Gold

Intermediate students and their medals:

Albert, Aravis—Gold

Armstrong, Anna—Gold

Atkinson, Kate—Gold

Cherrington, Alison—Gold

Darby, Myles—Gold

Duda, Jessica—Silver

Fabrizi, Emmy—Bronze

Higgins, Genevieve—Gold

Lloyd, Alanna—Gold

MacMillan, Glynis—Gold

Mabee, Caroline—Gold

Micelotta, Aliza—Silver

Palmer, Robin—Gold

Welborn, Kelsey—Gold

Congratulations to Russian Teacher, Jude Wobst, and all of these extremely talented students!