Chagrin Falls 7-12 Chinese Program Students Take Home Top Awards

Students from the 7-12 Chinese Program offered within Chagrin Falls Middle School and Chagrin Falls High School earned top awards from the 9th Ohio K-12 Chinese Essay Contest, sponsored by the Ohio Association of Teachers of Chinese. 

The Ohio K-12 Chinese Essay Contest is an annual competition for elementary, middle, and high school students from Ohio.  During the March 2023 competition, students competed by composing an essay written in Chinese characters on a selected topic. The essays were then judged by experienced Chinese language teachers.

Fifteen total students from Chagrin Falls Middle School and Chagrin Falls High School placed in this year's competition:

Gold Award winners:

  • Dominick Pantuso - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School

  • Maggie Oliver - Grade 11, Chagrin Falls High School 

  • Duncan Scott - Grade 11, Chagrin Falls High School 

  • Alexandra Scharpf - Grade 11, Chagrin Falls High School 

Silver Award winners:

  • Gavin Chan - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School

  • Zoe Nesbitt - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School

  • Jack Shein - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School

  • Ethan Nielsen - Grade 8, Chagrin Falls Middle School

  • Hailey Haddon - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School 

  • Eric Nemunaitis - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School 

  • Abraham Thurman - Grade 10, Chagrin Falls High School 

  • Nathaniel Bruce  - Grade 10, Chagrin Falls High School 

Honorable Mention:

  • Chase Deimling - Grade 7, Chagrin Falls Middle School 

  • Jennah Hamdan - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School

  • Rory Rohde - Grade 9, Chagrin Falls High School

We are proud of all students who entered this contest.  Congratulations to our award winners!