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The official student newspaper of St. John's School.

The Review

The official student newspaper of St. John's School.

The Review

All levels of French students attended the annual French Symposium. This year it was held at the British International School of Houston.

Students attend ISAS, AsEA and French Symposium

William Liang, Staff Writer May 21, 2024

ISAS (Independent Schools Association of the Southwest) While traveling on the bus to the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest, freshman Olivia Calabrese looked forward to joining fellow...

Sophomore Kai Gomez and juniors Anya Yalamanchili and Virginia Carolyn Crawford enjoy their break between events.

Photo Gallery: French Symposium 2023

Katie Czelusta May 9, 2023
On March 31 through April 1, French students from across Texas flocked to the St. John's campus for the 2023 Texas French Symposium.
French students won first place at the Texas French Symposium last month, with one of the largest teams to have participated since St. John’s began competing in the event nine years ago.

French students win Texas French Symposium, host showcase to celebrate victory

Mia Hong, Sarah Clark, and Romit Kundagrami May 26, 2021
French students won first place at the Texas French Symposium last month, with one of the largest teams to have participated since St. John’s began competing in the event nine years ago.
In 2019, the Science Olympiad team traveled to the MIT  Science Olympiad tournament. This year, the team plans to participate in online competitions.

Clubs move practices online, prepare for virtual competitions

Ella Piper Claffy and Mia Hong October 5, 2020
The pandemic has forced clubs to move practices online and participate in virtual competitions.
The French Symposium team came home with a second-place trophy.

French students win second place at Symposium

Bailey Maierson and Wenqing He April 12, 2019
On March 22 and 23, the French Symposium team won second place overall at Plano East High School.
The French students assemble after the awards ceremony.

French students win first place at French Symposium

Eli Maierson and Noura Jabir April 3, 2018
For the first time, Maverick French students won first place overall at the annual Texas French Symposium.
Shown are freshman Mia Fares' hand-thrown ceramic pieces.

Day in the Life of French Symposium

Natasha Faruqui, Staff Writer April 5, 2017
Natasha Faruqui discusses her hectic two days at Symposium.
Sophomores Margaret Gorman, Catherine Gorman and Shelby Jordan present their first-place sandcastle, fondly known as the "chateau-bateau" (boat castle).

French Symposium takes students to European coastline

April 5, 2017
French Symposium at Atascocita High School entailed sand castle building, drama group rehearsals and grueling grammar tests.
Freshman Clyde Johnson presents the remote-controlled sculpture he made of a Mardi Gras Mask. This year's Symposium theme was "La Louisiane."

Félicitations: Texas French Symposium 2016

April 11, 2016
View a photo gallery, video and results of the Texas French Symposium! St. John's placed second overall out of 41 schools.
French Symposium photo gallery

French Symposium photo gallery

Priyanka Jain, Videographer April 22, 2014
SJS took home first place at French Symposium March 28 and 29. Read more to view a photo gallery.

French Symposium results

Online Staff April 8, 2014
SJS took home first place in the overall small schools division of Texas French Symposium March 28-29. Read on to see the list of winners.
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