Twenty-five Chinese language students from Bolles Upper School participated in the 19^th Annual Chinese State Competition hosted by the Florida Chinese Teachers’ Association (FCTA) and Palmer Trinity School in Miami on February 28-March 1.

More than 250 students from across the state competed in Listening, Speaking and Reading events. Awards were distributed to acknowledge performance at the Superior, Outstanding, Excellent and Good levels, as well as Honorable Mentions.

All Bolles students gave an excellent performance, with 19 Bulldogs earning the highest awards in one, two or all three events.

Bolles participants included:

Chinese I
Dylan Gatlin ’27
Yiwen Lu ’28
Brittany Tomkovich ’28

Chinese II
Vichy Chen ’27
Mia Lee Chong ’28
Colin Denny ’26
Gabi Encina ’28
Jade Shule ’26
Daniel Vu ’28

Chinese III
Harrison Barnes ’27
Nate Bates ’27
Grace Breffitt ’27
Ian Bridgewater ’27
Gabriella Louh ’27
Nitin Mali ’27
Dixon McNeill ’27
Hollins Mobley ’27
Jingrun Qiu ’27
Victoria Soares ’27
Ella Vance ’27
Nina Zhou ’27

Chinese IV
Eduardo Justiz ’26
Noah Wasserman ’26
Jess Williams ’26
John Williams ’26

Chinese III students also submitted two creative group projects prior to the competition and won second and third place in the state.

2^nd place: “Visiting the Shanghai Museum”
Harrison Barnes ’27
Nate Bates ’27
Ian Bridgewater ’27
Nitin Mali ’27
Dixon McNeill ’27
Hollins Mobley ’27

3^rd place: “Learning Chinese characters from nature”
Grace Breffitt ’27
Greer Davis ’27
Izzy Fischer ’27
Gabriella Louh ’27
Victoria Soares ’27
Ella Vance ’27
Nina Zhou ’27