Concours Général Winners

LAST JUNE TWO students from the school where I teach (Centre International de Valbonne) won presigious national awards granted by the French Ministry of Education. The award, called the concours général, is a national competition held every year between students of Première (11th grade) and Terminale (12th and final grade) in almost all subjects taught in French high schools. This year 12, 118 students took part in the competition (all subjects) and nearly 1500 took part in the competition in the subject of Literature -- the subject where we had the winners.

The two students -- Clément Rouveyrol and Sophie Partarrieu -- finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, in all of France and were rewarded with a paid trip to Paris to take part in a ceremony held in the main amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University, where they, along with the other category winners, were given a diploma and congratulated by the French Minister of Education. You can see a full list of all the winners at the official website. (Clement and Sophie are right near the top). The CIV has had winners before, but it has been a few years since we have had any students finish in the top 3 for a category (the highest honor).

Clément just began his first year at the prestigious SciencesPo Univeristy in Paris.
Sophie just began her first year at Cambridge.

Our local paper, the Nice-Matin, had a nice write-up about this with some photos of Clement and Sophie -- but I couldn't find the link. Too bad.

They might read this post, so you can send congrats!
CJS