Auburn High School wins the prestigious “Dis-moi dix mots” competition
Une équipe de 5 élèves de 5ème à Auburn High School a remporté le 1er prix de la catégorie "Établissements secondaires étrangers" du concours “Dis-moi dix mots”

The “Dis-moi dix mots” competition has been running for nine years and is a celebration of French language and culture. The aim is to encourage students to collectively create a literary or artistic production based on linguistic work around ten given words.

The topic of this year is “Dis-moi dix mots… que tu accueilles” (“Tell me ten words… that you welcome”). The competition focused on the French language’s capacity to evolve, adapt and enrich itself by welcoming and integrating words from other languages. All ten given words were foreign-originated from languages including Flemish, Italian, Hawaiian, Arabic and Inuktitut.

This year’s competition received a record number of entries – 8,000 students submitted 420 projects from over 30 countries. The team at Auburn High School is consequently very proud of winning first prize in the overseas school section. “This is fabulous news which confirms our commitment to building a culture of excellence at Auburn High School. We have dedicated teachers challenging our students with innovative teaching and learning,” commented Principal Maria Karvouni.

Their competition entry can be found on the Auburn High School website. The winning team from Auburn High School will now travel to Paris to receive their award at the Académie francaise in Paris.

Auburn High School is the only Victorian government high school offering a bi-national French program and a French Advanced program.

Left to right : Winning students Jack Ballis, Julien Pietrzak, Ellis Biggar, Isabella Kose, Gwyneth Lee and their teacher Ms Noella Charbonneau.