Olympiada of Spoken Russian
Oldest ACTR program for U.S. secondary schools, where students of Russian compete in conversation, poetry recitation, and Russian civilization at regional/state competitions.
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Two-round international competition where secondary students studying Arabic submit a recorded oral presentation and, if selected, present live to judges.
Gallaudet University National Literary Competition
Annual national competition open to deaf and hard-of-hearing students in grades 6-12, judging writing and storytelling/poetry performance in both ASL and English.
Hương Việt Vietnamese Language School
Long-running Oakland-based Saturday language school teaching Vietnamese language and culture to Bay Area youth.
Kyung Uhn Scholarship Speech Contest
National English-language speech contest hosted by The Korea Society for U.S. high schoolers on Korean culture and its global impact.
American Rocketry Challenge (formerly TARC)
The world's largest student rocketry contest, where teams design, build, and launch a rocket to hit precise altitude and duration targets carrying an egg payload, competing for over $100,000 in prizes.
Bay Area Arabic Academy
Fremont-based Modern Standard Arabic school offering leveled courses for 7th-12th graders, approved for high school foreign-language credit in two local districts.