Temple University’s Russian program is proud to host the Delaware Valley Olympiada.  This is a regional competition of high school students of Russian sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian as part of the international Olympiada.  Every year some regional Olympiada winners win a subsidized trip to Russia to participate in a study abroad program; Delaware Valley winners have participated in this trip in the past and we look forward to more winners in the years to come.

The Delaware Valley Olympiada is made possible in part through generous funding from the East European, Russian and Eurasian National Research Center of Columbia University.

Click here to find out about the 3rd annual (2009) Delaware Valley Olympiada!

In February 2008, approximately 100 students from 5 different schools participated in the Delaware Valley Olympiada:  Here are pictures of the teams from each of the 5 schools.

Students of Russian from Abington Heights High School (PA) with teacher Amy Wojcik

Students of Russian from Cherokee High School (NJ) with teacher Marian Barnum

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Students from George Washington High School (PA) with their teacher, Emma Reznik.

Students from Vineland High School (NJ) with their teacher, Vlada Jackson.

Students from Wyoming Seminary, with their teacher Konstantin Lyavdansky.

2008 Delaware Valley Olympiada Winners Circle

All the teachers and judges are very proud of the accomplishments of ALL the students who participated and especially of the highest scoring students, some of whom are pictured here: (from left to right) Helen K. from Cherokee High School, Veronica B. from Wyoming Seminary, David C. and Leah F. from Abington Heights High School. Not pictured: winners from George Washington High School Anatasiya A., Galina G., Christina P., Hanna P., and Oleksandra M.

Our Olympiada would not be possible without the effort of our wonderful judges who work all day to evaluate the performances of participating students:

2008 Delaware Valley Olympiada Judges (from left to right): Tatyana Barashko (Academy of Math), Kathleen Bell (Bryn Mawr), Irina Lavrentyeva (Academy of Math), Irina Yampolskaia (Temple/Bryn Mawr), Firdes Dimitrova (Fulbright Exchange Scholar), Valentina Dunn (Bryn Mawr), Marina Rojavin (Temple/Swarthmore), Alina Reznik (Temple Undergraduate), Jill Neuendorf (Bryn Mawr). Not pictured: Evgeny Dengub (Temple/Bryn Mawr), Olia Prokopenko (Temple).

The Delaware Valley Olympiada also thanks Temple 2008 Graduate Josiah Sandusky for volunteering to help with logistics and Betsy Sandstrom, teacher of Russian at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, Virginia, for her help with materials.

Temple is planning to host the 2009 Delaware Valley Olympiada in late February or early March 2009.