The atmosphere at Pocahontas County High School was ﾓmuy calienteﾔ as Spanish students shared their skills at the Foreign Language Festival May 12.

Students created delectable savory and sweet dishes, and performed songs and skits for the audience.
Winners of the festival events are:

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First place: Andrew ﾓMangoﾔ Mengele.

Spanish Recitation

PCHS Spanish I: First place, Georg ﾓMarioﾔ Faerber; second place, Joe ﾓJoseﾔ Coy; third place, Olivia ﾓCatalinaﾔ Knisely; and honorable mention, Tyler ﾓAlfredoﾔ Brust.

PCHS Spanish II, Spring Term, First Block: First place, Nick ﾓPacoﾔ Solliday; second place, Tammie ﾓSofiaﾔ Lester; third place, Julia ﾓCarmenﾔ Chastain; and honorable mention, Katelyn ﾓSaraﾔ Cohenoer.

PCHS Spanish II, Spring Term, Second Block: First place, Phillip ﾓCristianoﾔ Verde; second place, Jessica ﾓJosafinaﾔ Ervine; third place, Vincent ﾓGabrielﾔ Harper; and honorable mention, Miles ﾓAlejandroﾔ Goodall.

Spanish Cooking Individual Dessert

All Levels: First place, Matthew ﾓRobertoﾔ Anderson.

Spanish Cooking Individual Savory

Level II PCHS: First place, Ally ﾓSusanaﾔ Plate; second place, Kindra ﾓAliciaﾔ Carr; and third place, David ﾓAlfonsoﾔ Rose.

Spanish Cooking Paris Dessert

Level 0I-I, Seventh and Eighth Grade Middle School: First place, JoDee Friel and Sydney Hall; second place, Samantha Collins and Kaila Peck; third place, Tiffany Hoover and Kelsey Brooks; and honorable mention, Clay Sexton and Austin Hubbert.

Level II, High School: First place, Allison ﾓGabriellaﾔ Jonese and Gloria ﾓLuciaﾔ Jerome; second place, Casey ﾓLuzﾔ Griffith and Kaitlyn ﾓTeresaﾔ Wilfong; third place, Danielle ﾓPerlaﾔ Cain and Kayla ﾓSylviaﾔ Lester; and honorable mention, Courtney ﾓConstanzaﾔ Combs and Seth ﾓCarlosﾔ Painter.

Spanish Cooking Pairs Savory

Level 0I-I, Seventh Grade Middle School: First place, Kelcey Hall and Macayla Meck; second place, Logan Burks and Kevin Thompson; third place, Carlie Ervine and Kayla Gibson; and honorable mention, Lindsey Hartzell and Autumn Nelson.

Level I, Eighth Grade Middle School: First place, Chad Friel and Trey Walton; second place, Emily Boothe and Mikalan Holder; third place, Tyler Owens and Matt Rao; and honorable mention, J.D. Hensler and Ryan Dilley.

Level I PCHS: First place, Alex ﾓTeresaﾔ Sisler and Bethany ﾓLuciaﾔ Arbogast; second place, Nash ﾓNachoﾔ Rose and Stephen ﾓAntonioﾔSimmons; third place, Brooke ﾓCarmenﾔ Irvine and Elizabeth ﾓIsabelﾔ Fuller; and honorable mention, Karey ﾓEsperanzaﾔ Barb and Shelby Lynn ﾓSaraﾔ Starks.

Level II First Block PCHS: First place, Adam ﾓHectorﾔ Irvine and Chad ﾓCarlosﾔ Burns; second place, Kala ﾓEmiliaﾔ Honaker and Trisha ﾓCeciliaﾔ Circosta; third place, Amanda ﾓLuciaﾔ Rogers and Sommer ﾓVeranaﾔ Hickman; and honorable mention, Kristen ﾓRosalindaﾔ Bennett and Ashley ﾓAmadaﾔ Peacock.

Level II-IV Second Block PCHS: First place, Lauren ﾓEsperanzaﾔ Garretson and Monefia ﾓAlejandraﾔ Maitland; second place, Stephen ﾓPedroﾔ Mick and Dillon ﾓPabloﾔ Hovorka; third place, Sarah ﾓBlancaﾔ Lambert and Natalie ﾓCeciliaﾔ Hartzell; and honorable mention, Tresten ﾓFeliciaﾔ Taylor and Alyssa ﾓClaraﾔ Dunbrack.

Spanish Posters

Middle School: Emily Boothe, Marilyn Creager, Samantha Colins and Austin Hubbert.

Level I PCHS Fall Term: First place, Sarah Riffey; second place, Cody ﾓMarioﾔ Hill; third place, Andrew ﾓAndresﾔ Gibb; and honorable mention, Dillon ﾓPabloﾔ Hovorka.

Level I PCHS Spring Term: First plae, Danielle ﾓGraciellaﾔ Stuart; second place, Georg ﾓMarioﾔ Faerber; third place, Jennifer ﾓElisaﾔ Sisler; and honorable mention, Alex ﾓTeresaﾔ Sisler.

Level II PCHS Spring Term First Block: First place, Amber ﾓJuanitaﾔ McClure; second place, Kaitlin ﾓAnitaﾔ Sharp; third place, Cassandra ﾓAnaﾔ Chastain; and honorable mention, Amanda ﾓLuciaﾔ Rogers.

Level II PCHS Spring Term Second Block: First place, Katie ﾓCarolinaﾔ Carper; second place, Tresten ﾓFelicianaﾔ Taylor; third place, Phillip ﾓCristiano Verdeﾔ Green; and honorable mention, Patrick ﾓJuanﾔ Collins.

Level III PCHS: First place, Lauren ﾓEsperanzaﾔ Garretson; second place, Fredricah ﾓFeliciaﾔ Gardner; third place tie, Amanda ﾓDorotaﾔ Gibson and Lyndsee ﾓLuciaﾔ Gay; and honorable mention tie, Jessalyn ﾓElenaﾔ Hamilton and Makinsey ﾓIsabelﾔ Cochran.

Level IV-V PCHS: First place, Rebecca ﾓMargaritaﾔ Jerome; second place, Amy ﾓJulianaﾔ Bennett; third place, Erin ﾓBlancaﾔ White; and honorable mention, Clayton ﾓRafaelﾔ Irvine.