2019 Video Contest Winners
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Authentic Speaking Task
| Division | Place | Teacher | School | Grade | Video |
| Lower | 1st Place | Lina Onufrock | Glenwood Landing Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | Amigos- Una conversación |
| 2nd Place | Xianxian Cascella | Glenwood Landing School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | Encounter in the Hallway | |
| 3rd Place | Carmen Berg | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | “Hanging out with my friend in Spanish” | |
| Middle | 1st Place and Division Winner | Renée Kleiner | Cazenovia Middle School, Cazenovia, NY | 6 | Chez Laure |
| 2nd Place | Gloria Chao | Jericho Middle School, Jericho, NY | 7 | How to Make Beef Veggie Fried Rice? | |
| 3rd Place | Xinyuan Li | North Shore Middle School, Glen Head, NY | 8 | Experience With Chinese Food | |
| Upper | 1st Place | Juana Banco | John Jay High School, Hopewell Junction, NY | 9 | Dos conocidos se encuentran por la calle |
| 2nd Place | Ye Ruan | York Prep School, New York, NY | 10 | Ordering a bubble tea | |
| 2nd Place | Tara Pitts | Red Creek High School, Red Creek, NY | 12 | The Skit | |
| 3rd Place | Yoshana Silver | Massapequa High School-Ames Campus, Massapequa, NY | 9 | ¿Dónde está McDonalds? |
Dance
| Division | Place | Teacher | School | Grade | Video |
| Lower | 1st Place | Marissa Coulehan | The Dalton School, New York, NY | 1 | Dancing flamenco |
| 2nd Place | Wei Huang | North Shore School District, Glen Head, NY | 2 | Seaweed Dance | |
| 3rd Place | David Schultz | Sea Cliff Elementary, Sea Cliff, NY | 2 | Tai Chi Form | |
| Middle | 1st Place | Xianxian Cascella | Glenwood Landing School, Glen Head, NY | 4 | Chinese Ribbon Dance – Liang Liang |
| 2nd Place | Jingwen Cai | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | Gongxi Gongxi | |
| 3rd Place | Carmen Berg | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 4 | Honduras Traditional Dance | |
| Upper | 1st Place and Division Winner | Francesca McAuliffe | Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY | 9 | Mi Gente Dance |
| 2nd Place | Thomas Korn | Copiague Middle School, Copiague, NY | 8 | La Tarantella | |
| 3rd Place | Gloria Chao | Jericho Middle School, Jericho, NY | 7 | Chinese Shuffle Dance-Little Apple |
Language Advocacy
| Division | Place | Teacher | School | Grade | Video |
| Lower | 1st Place and Division Winner | Xianxian Cascella | Glenwood Landing School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | Me and Mandarin |
| 2nd Place | Jingwen Cai | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | Languages are the key to the world | |
| 3rd Place | Carmen Berg | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | Open The Door To Many Languages | |
| Middle | 1st Place | Thomas Korn | Copiague Middle School, Copiague, NY | 7 | Language Advocacy |
| Upper | 1st Place | Francesca McAuliffe | Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY | 9 | Un Secuestro En Barcelona |
| 2nd Place | Yoshana Silver | Massapequa High School – Ames Campus, Massapequa, NY | 9 | Why Should You Learn Another Language? | |
| 3rd Place | Tara Pitts | Red Creek High School, Red Creek, NY | 12 | Language Advocacy from Red Creek Students |
Poetry Recitation
| Division | Place | Teacher | School | Grade | Video |
| Lower | 1st Place | Debra Kohn | William B. Ward Elementary School, New Rochelle, NY | 2 | En enero hace frío |
| 2nd Place | Marissa Coulehan | The Dalton School, New York, NY | K | Mi cara | |
| 2nd Place | Carmen Berg | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 3 | “Cuando Hace Frío” | |
| 3rd Place | Jingwen Cai | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 2 | Ode to Goose | |
| Middle | 1st Place | Roxsi Robles | Sea Cliff Elementary School, Sea Cliff, NY | 5 | Preguntón by Nilda Samatoro |
| 2nd Place | Gloria Chao | Jericho School District, Syosset, NY | 7 | The Quiet Night Thought (Jin ye si) | |
| 3rd Place | Xianxian Cascella | Glenwood Landing School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | I Do Not Know Which Direction the Wind is Blowing | |
| Upper | 1st Place | Tara Pitts | Red Creek High School, Red Creek, NY | 12 | Luna Luna |
| 2nd Place | Francesca McAuliffe | Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY | 9 | Ciudad Sin Sueño | |
| 3rd Place | Xinyuan Li | North Shore High School, Glen Head, NY | 10 | Song Of The Wonderer + Spring Dawn | |
| 3rd Place | Juana Banco | John Jay High School, Hopewell Juntion, NY | 10 | Me gustas cuando callas |
Song
| Lower | 1st Place | Lina Onufrock | Glenwood Landing Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 3 | Chocolate! |
| 2nd Place | David Schultz | Sea Cliff Elementary, Sea Cliff, NY | 3 | Dui Bu Qi | |
| 3rd Place | Jingwen Cai | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 1 | Month of the Year | |
| Middle | 1st Place | Carmen Berg | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 4 | La Familia |
| 1st Place | Roxsi Robles | Sea Cliff Elementary School, Sea Cliff, NY | 5 | El Día de los Muertos | |
| 2nd Place | Kristina Strauss | Hamburg Middle School, Hamburg, NY | 8 | Billy La Bufanda: Hamburg Style | |
| 3rd Place | Xianxian Cascella | Glenwood Landing School, Glen Head, NY | 4 | Thank you! | |
| Upper | 1st Place | Elcie Douce | Baldwin High School, Baldwin, NY | 12 | Stella La vie en rose |
| 2nd Place | Colleen Sheehan | Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, Richmondville, NY | 10 | Hola a donde vas | |
| 3rd Place | Xinyuan Li | North Shore High School, Glen Head, NY | 10 | Thank You | |
| 3rd Place | Juana Banco | John Jay High School, Hopewell Juntion, NY | 9 | La pequeñita araña |
Tongue Twister Recitation
| Division | Place | Teacher | School | Grade | Video |
| Lower | 1st Place | Lina Onufrock | Glenwood Landing Elementary, Glen Head, NY | 3 | Pepe Pecas |
| 2nd Place | Xianxian Cascella | Glenwood Landing School, Glen Head, NY | 3 | Counting the Frogs | |
| 3rd Place | Marissa Coulehan | The Dalton School, New York, NY | K | Trabalenguas | |
| Middle | 1st Place | Carmen Berg | Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head, NY | 5 | “Pepe Pela Patatas” |
| 1st Place | Gloria Chao | Jericho School District, Jericho, NY | 7 & 8 | Three Tongue Twisters | |
| 2nd Place | Roxsi Robles | Sea Cliff Elementary School, Sea Cliff, NY | 4 | Tongue Twister Friends | |
| 3rd Place | Xinyuan Li | North Shore Middle School, Glen Head, NY | 8 | My Day Rap | |
| Upper | 1st Place | Juana Banco | John Jay High School, Hopewell Junction, NY | 9 | Erre con Erre / Tres Tristes Tigres |
| 2nd Place | Tara Pitts | Red Creek High School, Red Creek, NY | 12 | final | |
| 3rd Place | Francesca McAuliffe | Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY | 9 | Cuantos Cuentas |