Three Dominican students competed at French Convention in Lafayette

St. Mary’s Dominican High School French Club moderator Joan Rupp with club members Andrea Garces, Jessica Wallesverd and Emilie Wensel.

Garces, Wallesverd and Wensel competed at the French Convention in Lafayette hosted by Association Louisianaise des Clubes Francaises des Ecoles Secondaires (ALCFES). Wensel took second place in the spelling bee, and Garces received a scholarship to study in Mons, Belgium, this summer.

ALCFES is an association of high schools in Louisiana dedicated to the education, preservation and calibration of French in the state. The association works closely with Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), the office of Franco Affaires for the State of Louisiana. to work toward the creation of an eco-system that permits the development of French in the economic, educational, cultural and professional sectors and in which Louisiana’s French and Creole speakers are valorized in their cultural and linguistic identity.