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 3 test, Ariel Freedman, Arnelle Larose, Rohan Sinha, Maya Kwapniewski, Michelle Medawar, and James Lukenda; and, on the level 4 test, Dylan Hall, Sofia Szyfer, Eleanore Maxwell, Valerie Bejjani, and Luke Hunter.
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, Sebastian Burns, Nate Corbett, Holden Hargrave, and Justin Vasilopoulos; on the level 2 test, Aja Blair, Tristan Holup, Dylan Andrews, Caleb Hofmann, Jonathan Park, and Julian Okun-Dubitsky; on the level 3 test, Madison Marano, Griffin Weil, Bella Liu, Ronny Bhatia, and Simone Gulliver; and, on the level 5-6 test, Aashik Bhalodia. Special congratulations go to Alex Korfhage, who earned a perfect score on the level 1 test.
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, Karl Kanhai, Marlowe Knee, Riley Rendino, Ryan Mandachescu, Jonah Barbin, Michele Cestone, Reysham Datwani, Nico Eiden, Zoe Lynch, Regan Sandoval, and Oliver Winters, Kiara Bhatia, Yogi Devre, and Sanaa Williams, as well as Isa Lucas in the bilingual category; on the level 3 test, Amna Arain, Cristina Cusmai, Ciara Daly, Arman Ganchi, Meghan Halvey, Parker Santo Domingo, Hunter Smith, Nathalie Wilson, Alexis Riley, Valerie Bejjani, Alex Chon, and Beyer White; and, on the level 4 test, Grace Jones, Navya Salwan, Sarah Abukwaik, Mark Apinis, Madison Morano, Nyla Williams, Ruhee Juvekar, James Lukenda, and Grant Gonsalves, as well as Chelsea Guzman and Rolando Quintana in the bilingual category.
Congratulations again to all of our students on their wonderful accomplishments!