Three Walt Whitman students took home awards in the recent Suffolk County high school French poetry contest.
Jonathan Balsano took honorable mention in the level 3 category, which is for Regents and honor students.
Rolandecia Richard was awarded second place in level 4, the category for Advanced Placement and native speakers, and Tahmina Igamberdiev was awarded first place in the level 3 category.
“These are very motivated students, doing a lot of hard work,” said Whitman’s French Honor Society adviser and teacher Dr. Eikenaar-Klang. “This contest required students to study very hard. They not only had to memorize poetry, but they were judged on their intonation and punctuation as well.”