North Lamar HS Students Compete At NET-OLÉ

Foreign language students from North Lamar High School competed in the NET-OLÉ foreign language competition at Texas A&M Commerce on May 3.

Students placing in the intermediate level were Madison Winter, who placed sixth in Memorized Poetry and Sophie Carl who placed third in Sight-reading.  In the advanced level, William Carr placed third in Spelling.

In the Bilingual A Verbal Fluency category, Paulo Venegas placed fourth.  Jorge Gonzales Bustillos placed second in Bilingual B Verbal Fluency and fourth in the Vocal Solo Popular category.

Placing third in the Dance Duet Regional category was Cameron McMasters and Lesly Sigala Garcia.

NET-OLE, the North East Texas Organization of Language Educators, was established in the mid-1970’s by a group of dedicated foreign language teachers who wanted to provide their students with the opportunity to demonstrate their acquired language skills in a foreign language competition.