Dante Alighieri Competition Prize Winners
Results for both the poetry recitation and the written sections of the Dante Alighieri Italian competition have been released. This year, due to the move to online judging, OLMC students competed against each other, rather than against other schools. One unexpected benefit of having the competition run completely online this year instead of at Melbourne University was that the Italian staff and I had the privilege of hearing the students recite their poems to the judges as we supervised on the Google Meets. The standard was extremely high and it was a joy to hear Italian poetry being recited so confidently and expressively by our students.
We are proud to announce the following Prize Winners:
| POETRY RECITATION | WRITTEN COMPETITION | |
| Year 9 Italian-Australian First place: Ava, Amelia & Sarah Second place: Gemma, Jacinta, Melodi & Natalie Third place: Jorja, Gemma & Olivia | Original Poetry - Year 11 Italian-Australian First place: Audrey Second place: Amelia | |
| Year 9 Non-Italian First place: Mary Second place: Molly Third place: Claudia | Discorso (Speech) - Year 11 Italian-Australian First place: Julia | |
| Year 10 Italian-Australian First place: Olivia M, Jacqueline, Olivia M Second place: Isabella & Chiara Third place: Chloe & Alyssa | Discorso (Speech) - Year 12 Italian-Australian First place: Aleesha Second place: Alessya Third place: Julia & Vanessa | |
| Year 11 Italian-Australian First place: Sienna & Tahlia Second place: Imogen Third place: Bridget | ||
| Year 12 Italian-Australian First place: Adele | ||
| Year 12 Non-Italian First place: Maya |
We wish these students, and all those who participated in the competition, all the best as they pursue their Italian studies in the years to come.