RIFLA Foreign Language Student of the Year

TO ALL LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN RHODE ISLAND

Please encourage your better students to apply for the RIFLA Foreign Language Student of the Year award. The award will be presented to the winning student at the RIFLA Spring Dinner Meeting where the student and his/her parents will be guests of RIFLA. It is a very special moment for the winner and his/her family. Please use the application form on the following page (or make a copy of it) and make sure all documents have been sent along with the application on or before March 15, 2006. You are asked to select your best student and SUBMIT ONLY ONE APPLICATION PER SCHOOL.

Eligibility Requirements

1. The applicant’s foreign language teacher must be a current member of RIFLA.

2. The applicant must be a high school senior who is currently enrolled in the third year level or higher in his or her chosen language. Exceptions may be made in unusual circumstances.

Application Procedures

1. The applicant must submit the following:

• the completed application form located on the following page

• one official transcript of grades

• two brief letters of recommendation, one from the applicant’s current foreign language teacher and one from another teacher

• the essay

2. Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2006 and mailed to:

Eleanor Morisseau

40 Fairway Drive

Narragansett, RI 02882

Selection of Award Recipient

1. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of their academic performance and interest in foreign language study as evidenced by their transcript, letters of recommendation, and the essay. A personal interview may be required of finalists.

2. A cash prize of $300.00 and a certificate will be presented to the winner at the RIFLA spring dinner meeting. In addition, a traveling plaque will be awarded to the recipient’s teacher for display in their school for the following year.

Each teacher who is entering a student in the competition should reproduce the application form on the following page.

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY ONE APPLICANT PER SCHOOL WILL BE

CONSIDERED!

(You may consider having a competition among your students and selecting the one you feel is most deserving.)

Application: RIFLA FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Name:

____________________________________________________________________________________

Address:

High School:

Foreign Language(s) studied:

Level:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Foreign Language teacher:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Participation in foreign language related activities:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Essay:

Write an essay of 150 – 200 words in English on “What Learning a Foreign Language Means to Me.”

Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2006 and mailed to:

Eleanor Morisseau

40 Fairway Drive

Narragansett, RI 02882