Le Congrès de la Culture Française en Floride (CCFF) is a statewide French competition held each spring. This year, Heritage students went to the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando March 6–8 to compete in nine different competitions, ranging from multiple-choice tests to reenactments of scenes from French plays. Each year, the competition has a different theme; this time, it was “La cuisine du monde francophone” or “The cuisine of the French-speaking world.”

After eating lunch at the Universal CityWalk, students

 went to the hotel March 6. Those competing in group competitions, including skits, projects and song performances, presented their pieces to judges that day.

The next day, students competed in individual competitions: there were multiple-choice reading comprehension tests, poem recitations, conversations with judges and speeches. At around 7:00 p.m., a banquet was held for the students where awards were given. 

_{From left to right: Sophomores Mariana Roque de Moraes, Stella Agratchev, Mia Jeannopoulos, Rodion Znaieshev, and junior Rosario Castaneda Lozano. Students were served salad and cake, then a chicken dish with potato wedges, asparagus and a carrot. (Photo/Celine Guillerm)}

Finally, winners received their prizes during the awards ceremony on Saturday. The full list of winners is below:

In person:

Discours (Speech):

Junior Cecilia Gonzalez-Jimenez  – Supérieur – Prix du Jury

Freshman Nairi Berd  – Supérieur

Déclamation (Poem recitation): 

Junior Juan Ruiz  – Supérieur

Sophomore Charlotte Duane  – Supérieur

Sophomore Diane Allain-Tereshchenko – Supérieur

Junior Mira Zine-El-Abidine –  Supérieur

Sophomore Rodion Znaieshev –  Supérieur

Sophomore Stella Agratchev –  Supérieur

Lecture (Reading comprehension test): 

Sophomore Mariana Roque de Moraes – Supérieur

Senior Ani Berd  – Supérieur

Senior Jara Jacobson – Supérieur

Freshman Elena Lopez – Supérieur

Senior Sophie Tulle  – Supérieur

Junior Sadie Loughlin  – Supérieur

Freshman Katerina Malhotra Guerrero – Supérieur

Sophomore Mia Jeannopoulos – Supérieur

Junior Rosario Castaneda Lozano – Supérieur

Sophomore Alex Ngo – Excellent 

Projet (Project):

Senior Sophie Tulle – Supérieur

Album (Photo album):

Senior Ani Berd – Supérieur

Chance aux Chansons (Song performance):

Senior Jara Jacobson – Supérieur

Saynète (Skit):

Freshmen Elena Lopez and Katerina Malhotra Guerrero –  Bon 

Online:

Déclamation (Poem recitation):

7th grader Yuna Song – Supérieur

Sophomore Peri Payzin – Supérieur

Sophomore Gabriel Cohen Pereira – Supérieur

Sophomore Daniela Sanchez – Supérieur

Sophomore Virginia Ladeira – Supérieur

Junior Madeleine Mahan – Supérieur

Junior Elie Ciril  – Supérieur

Senior Jara Jacobson  – Supérieur

Eight grader Andre Cohen Pereira – Excellent 

Junior Andrea Astudillo – Excellent

Freshman Daniela Rodriguez Morales- Excellent

Freshman Eduardo Salles- Excellent

Senior Medha Balaji – Bon

Overall, the American Heritage Plantation students won first place in Division AAA.

_{From left to right, top to bottom: Senior Ani Berd, juniors Mira Zine-El-Abidine, Sadie Loughlin, Juan Ruiz, sophomores Alex Ngo, Stella Agratchev, Mariana Roque de Moraes, junior Rosario Castaneda Lozano, seniors Jara Jacobson, Sophie Tulle, sophomores Charlotte Duane, Diane Allain-Tereshchenko, Mia Jeannopoulos. (Photo/Celine Guillerm)}