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Learning Through Languages High School Research Symposium 2015

This page has the names of winning teams and photos from Learning Through Languages 2015. For the main LTL page and details on future events, please click here.

Our first Learning Through Languages High School Research Symposium was a success! The 2015 Symposium offered student teams two tracks, Contemporary Latin America and Contemporary Europe. View photos and winning team names below.

Student Projects from LTL 2015

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Winning Teams

Contemporary European Track
Best Overall Research Project

  • Tori Rasecke, Shannon Rigsbee, and Camden Smith from Northwest Guilford High School (Guilford), teacher Lisa Worthington-Groce, for “Die Debatte über die Europäische Flüchtlingskrise”

Honorable Mention: Best Use of Written and Oral Language

  • Jonathan Aguilar, Olivia Gregson, and Joshua Zagada from Jordan-Matthews High School (Chatham), teacher Ana Quiceño, for “Crisis de refugiados en Siria”

Honorable Mention: Best Scholarship

  • Tori Rasecke, Shannon Rigsbee, and Camden Smith from Northwest Guilford High School (Guilford), teacher Lisa Worthington-Groce, for “Die Debatte über die Europäische Flüchtlingskrise”

Honorable Mention: Most Innovative and Illustrative Project Visual

  • Josheline Camacho and Guadalupe Espinoza from Jordan-Matthews High School (Chatham), teacher Ana Quiceño, for “Inmigración en Europa”

Contemporary Latin America Track
Best Overall Research Project

  • Fiorella Mijares Castro, Alana Fiordalisi, and John Jernigan from C.E. Jordan (Durham), teacher Linda Puente, for “El Impacto de Deportes en Países Latinoamericanos”

Honorable Mention: Best Use of Written and Oral Language

  • Jhoan Carrillo, Carmen Monter, and Marshall Phillips from Jordan-Matthews High School (Chatham), teacher Ana Quiceño, for “Crisis migratoria centroamericana”

Honorable Mention: Best Scholarship

  • Kieran Barry, Sakina Barthe, and Wiley Spagnoli from J.T. Hoggard High School (New Hanover), teacher Jean Hall, for “La transition des petits états insulaires des Caraïbes entre les combustibles fossiles et les énergies renouvelables comme leur source primaire d’énergie”

Honorable Mention: Most Innovative and Illustrative Project Visual

  • Gustavo García, Allie Hayhurst, and Ivan Sánchez from Jordan-Matthews High School (Chatham), teacher Ana Quiceño, for “Inmigrar a los EE”