11th Annual Japanese Speech Contest in Southern Nevada
2016/6/23
On March 7th, the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco and the Southern Nevada Japanese Teachers' Association (President: Mr. Michael Lee) held the 11th Annual Japanese Speech Contest at Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas.
A total of 31 contestants participated this year and each contestant ably demonstrated their knowledge and proficiency of the Japanese language. From the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, Deputy Consul General Watanabe attended the contest as a judge. Honorary Consul General Kathleen Blakely and former Honorary Consul General Wayne Tanaka also participated in the event.
Finally, we would like to extend our sincere congratulations to all the winners and commend all the contestants for their hard work. The list of contestants is as follows:
Arunima Chakraborty (Coronado High School)
Jason Pineda (Roy Martin Middle School)
Amanda Van Trinh (Desert Oasis High School)
Jace Matheson-McNaught (Coronado High School)
Duocheng Huang (Spring Valley High School)
Alexandra Angelov (Roy Martin Middle School)
Jeremiah Barona Carino (Desert Oasis High School)
Leonardo Mendisabal (Valley High School)
Jaimie Kim (Coronado High School)
Chassidy Zeno (Clark High School)
Yaocheng Chen (Spring Valley High School)
Natalia Molina (Las Vegas Academy)
Julian Padilla (Silverado High School)
Franklin Zelaya (Silverado High School)
Consuelo Lopes (Las Vegas Academy)
Brandon Jackson (Clark High School)
Zyie Rong (Spring Valley High School)
Alyssa Gardunio (Spring Valley High School)
Jensine Chung (Valley High School)
Angelica G. Dias (Desert Oasis High School)
CheskaMae Peres (Valley High School)
Viktoriya Sosnina (College of Southern Nevada)
Shenna Jay Staana (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Matthew Aber (College of Southern Nevada)
Salvador Arriaga-Losano (College of Southern Nevada)
Mat Ranillo Mendosa (College of Southern Nevada)
Robert Duerler (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Samantha Smith(University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Ms. Kaori Takahashi, Operation Manager, IACE Travel
Ms. Katsuyo Irvin, Manager, Grand Canyon/Scenic Airlines/Papillon Helicopter
Ms. Yoko Ishikawa, Director of Board, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Nevada
Ms. Mariko Galjour, Office Manager, National Broadband Services
Ms. Kurumi Kuroda, Former President of SNJTA
A total of 31 contestants participated this year and each contestant ably demonstrated their knowledge and proficiency of the Japanese language. From the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, Deputy Consul General Watanabe attended the contest as a judge. Honorary Consul General Kathleen Blakely and former Honorary Consul General Wayne Tanaka also participated in the event.
Finally, we would like to extend our sincere congratulations to all the winners and commend all the contestants for their hard work. The list of contestants is as follows:
(1) Middle School / High School Round Participants
Audrey Domes (Roy Martin Middle School)Arunima Chakraborty (Coronado High School)
Jason Pineda (Roy Martin Middle School)
Amanda Van Trinh (Desert Oasis High School)
Jace Matheson-McNaught (Coronado High School)
Duocheng Huang (Spring Valley High School)
Alexandra Angelov (Roy Martin Middle School)
Jeremiah Barona Carino (Desert Oasis High School)
Leonardo Mendisabal (Valley High School)
Jaimie Kim (Coronado High School)
Chassidy Zeno (Clark High School)
Yaocheng Chen (Spring Valley High School)
Natalia Molina (Las Vegas Academy)
Julian Padilla (Silverado High School)
Franklin Zelaya (Silverado High School)
Consuelo Lopes (Las Vegas Academy)
Brandon Jackson (Clark High School)
Zyie Rong (Spring Valley High School)
Alyssa Gardunio (Spring Valley High School)
Jensine Chung (Valley High School)
Angelica G. Dias (Desert Oasis High School)
CheskaMae Peres (Valley High School)
(2) University Round Participants
Jacob Khuraibet (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)Viktoriya Sosnina (College of Southern Nevada)
Shenna Jay Staana (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Matthew Aber (College of Southern Nevada)
Salvador Arriaga-Losano (College of Southern Nevada)
Mat Ranillo Mendosa (College of Southern Nevada)
Robert Duerler (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Samantha Smith(University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
(3) Heritage Round Participant
Mari Nishimura(Las Vegas Gakuen)(4) Judges
Mr. Mitsufumi Okabe, Publisher, Las Vegas Japan TimesMs. Kaori Takahashi, Operation Manager, IACE Travel
Ms. Katsuyo Irvin, Manager, Grand Canyon/Scenic Airlines/Papillon Helicopter
Ms. Yoko Ishikawa, Director of Board, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Nevada
Ms. Mariko Galjour, Office Manager, National Broadband Services
Ms. Kurumi Kuroda, Former President of SNJTA
