The purpose of the competition is to enhance the study of Japanese beyond language skills.
Maxwell is a senior at Southwest High School, where he has studied Japanese for four years. He's the good-looking guy in the photo above, wearing a purple tee shirt with Japanese lettering on it. Max is Marcy and Hoi's son. Grandma and Grandpa are very proud, of course, and would say so in Japanese if they had any idea how to do it.
\お祝い、マックスウェル!
