Levy-Lakeside celebrates foreign languages –– and students

Students at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick recently took part in a poster contest in honor of National Foreign Languages Week from March 5 to 11, sponsored by the Association of Foreign Language Teachers. The theme of this year’s contest was “You’re connected…Now communicate!” The Merrick School District offers FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools) in grades three to six. Students receive once-a-week instruction in conversational Spanish.

The honorees in Levy-Lakeside’s poster contest were: back row, from left,  Alexandra Brinton (winner), Caitlin Rappaport (winner), Gus Gottleib (honorable mention), Tian Colby (winner), Randy Toyberman (winner), Connor Clement (winner), Adam Rifas (honorable mention) and Rebecca Cortez (winner); middle row, Angelica Rivera (honorable mention), Seth Gorelik (honorable mention), Lauren Rakhimov (honorable mention), Sydney Goodstein (winner), Kali Blair (honorable mention), Jennifer Solomon (winner), Jake Palladino (honorable mention),Lauren Rifas (honorable mention), Brooke Noto (honorable mention) and Samantha Loew (winner); front row, Lexi Baldinger (honorable mention), Sierra Schlesinger (winner), Julia Kandel (honorable mention), Rachel Nossen (honorable mention), Raven Horowitz (winner), Claudia Dreyer (winner), Ariel Goldfarb (winner), Pierce Infuso (winner) and Alexa Goldfarb (winner).

Missing from the photo was Madyson Livingston (honorable mention). The students were joined by their Spanish teacher, Toni Allen, left center, and their principal, Libby Trencheny.