Upper School World Languages Students Excel on National Language Exams!
The Upper School World Languages Department congratulates the many students who excelled on national language exams this past year. French students took Le Grand Concours, sponsored by the AATF (American Association of Teachers of French), and many garnered awards for their exceptional achievement: on the level 2 test, Maya Kwapniewski, Ariel Freedman, Evan Portnoi, Will Blake, James Lukenda, and Rohan Sinha; on the level 3 test, Valerie Bejjani and Luke Hunter; and, on the level 4 test, Ethan Kuhl. Special congratulations go to Michelle Medawar, who earned a first-place ranking with her perfect score on the level 2 test.
Latin students enjoyed success on the National Latin Exam, sponsored by the ACL (American Classical League) and NJCL (National Junior Classical League): on the level 1 test, Aja Blair, Julian Okun-Dubitsky, Jonathan Park, and Danny Zinn; on the level 2 test, Shaheer Ahmed, Ronny Bhatia, Rachael Boardman, Simone Gulliver, Kendall Larrier, Bella Liu, and Madison Marano; on the level 3 test, Gianna Balonze, Haley Blank, Jaclyn Kemly, and Hailey Sylvander; and, on the level 4 test, Sydney Abraham, Ruby Bello, Aashik Bhalodia, David Carcamo, Hannah Gross, and Benny Ryan.
Spanish students took the National Spanish Exam, sponsored by the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese), and many earned recognition for their excellent performance: on the level 2 test, Amna Arain, Valerie Bejjani, Anna Bradley, AJ Christian, Alex Chon, Ciara Daly, Gabby Delgado, Jillian Fishback, Jamie Fuchs, Arman Ganchi, Madison Green, Meghan Halvey, Grace Huntington, Matthew O'Donnell, Adin Papendick, Alexis Riley, Jasmine Rowe, Parker Santo Domingo, Emily Sasfai, Beyer White, and Nathalie Wilson; on the level 3 test, Mark Apinis, Grant Gonsalves, William Goodall, Ruhee Juvekar, James Lukenda, Madison Marano, Navya Salwan, Aman Sinha, Casey Szilagyi, and Nyla Williams; and, on the level 4 test, Max Booker, Danielle Fuchs, Charlotte Jenkins, Gregory Jenkins, Zoë Kusnierz, and Keenan McAuliffe. Special congratulations go to Rolando Quintana, who earned a Silver and an honorable mention among bilingual students on the level 3 test, to Natalia Eichmann, who earned first place among bilingual students on the level 3 test, and to Jennifer Chan, who earned first place on the level 4 test among students whose only contact with Spanish is in the classroom. Congratulations again to all of our students on their accomplishments!