The Bolles Spanish Congreso team competed at the Florida State Spanish Conference March 5–7, earning outstanding results and finishing as state runner-up.  

Many students achieved perfect scores across multiple categories, and the dramatic performance also received perfect marks. In addition, Sameera Ghate ’26 won a college scholarship funded by the Florida State Spanish Conference for winning the Essay Writing Contest. 

The competition was chaperoned by Bolles upper school faculty members Emily Edmonson and Araceli Crotty. Students were selected in November through a competitive tryout process and have spent the past several months preparing under the guidance of the Bolles Spanish faculty.

Congratulations to the Bulldogs listed below on their strong performances at Congreso. Note: Sobresaliente is the highest award, and Superior is the second-highest award.

Poetry Recitation:
Kalsa Bajracharya ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Alexa Clutter ’26 (Sobresaliente)
Ishaan Bansal ’29 (Sobresaliente)
Sahana Desai ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Matthew Chanan-Khan ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Sameera Ghate ’26 (Sobresaliente)

Impromptu Speaking:
Aleka Akkinepally ’29 (Superior)
Anushika Arun ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Kalsa Bajracharya ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Ishaan Bansal ’29 (Sobresaliente)
Matthew Chanan-Khan ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Alexa Clutter ’26 (Sobresaliente)
Lorena Clutter ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Rapha Clutter ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Lucas Costas ’28 (Sobresaliente)
Sahana Desai ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Sona Deshmukh ’29 (Sobresaliente)
Sameera Ghate ’26 (Sobresaliente)
Matt Jakaj ’28 (Sobresaliente)
Raaya Katugaha ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Esha Kasavaraju ’26 (Sobresaliente)
Michael Zhang ’26 (Sobresaliente)

Dramatic Performance:
Aleka Akkinepally ’29 (Sobresaliente)
Anushika Arun ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Lorena Clutter ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Rapha Clutter ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Lucas Costas ’28 (Sobresaliente)
Sona Deshmukh ’29 (Sobresaliente)
Sameera Ghate ’26 (Sobresaliente)
Matt Jakaj ’28 (Sobresaliente)
Raaya Katugaha ’27 (Sobresaliente)
Michael Zhang ’26 (Sobresaliente)