On May 7, 2016, Holton seventh graders competed in the Seventh Annual Chinese Singing Contest for the Greater Washington Area, which was sponsored by the Taipei and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C. The competition was open to grades K-12 as well as college students who take Chinese in schools. This year entries included university students as close as Georgetown University to public and independent schools as far away as North Carolina. The first place team sang "Baby" by Justin Bieber and "Sorry, My Chinese is Not Good" by Transition.
We would like to congratulate Annika Chidambaran '21, Katherine DiPaolo '21, and Nina Sebastien '21 for winning the first place prize and Huntly Rathbone '21 and Maryam Garavi '21 for winning the third place prize. Chinese Language Teacher Dr. Liao proudly comments, "Congratulations to all of our student on this achievement."
Left: Annika Chidambaran '21, Katherine DiPaolo '21, and Nina Sebastien '21 receive their first place prize alongside teacher, Dr. Liao. Right: Huntly Rathbone '21 receives her third place prize.