Students Excel on National Language Exams

Forty-eight Spanish and French students from Rosary High School earned national recognition for excellent performance on the 2023 World Languages National Examinations.

Rosary Students earned a total of four gold, seven silver and  15 bronze medals along with  22 honorable mentions on the Spanish and French exams.  

“Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Lisa Greenman, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with nearly 85,000 students participating in 2023.”

SPANISH:

Level 1:
1. Areline Garcia Zamudio - Gold (Bilingual)
2. Abby Mendez - Silver (Outside Experience)
3. Jimena Gonzalez - Bronze (Bilingual)
4. Cristal Llamas Morales - Bronze (Bilingual)
5. Mia Dominguez - Bronze (Outside Experience)
6. Lena Collette- Bronze 
7. Katie Kostro - Bronze
8. Samantha Ochoa - Bronze
9. Natalia Gutierrez - Honorable Mention (Outside Experience)
10. Michaela Siener - Honorable Mention 
11. Claire Hlavacek - Honorable Mention

Level 2:
1. Kaylany Aburto - Silver (Bilingual)
2. Emily Tineo - Silver (Outside Experience)
3. Reese Gilla - Silver 
4. Emma LaPorte - Silver
5. Rebecca Rentz - Silver
6. Laura Santana Ramirez - Bronze (Bilingual)
7. Fiona Guzniczak - Bronze
8. Margey Hirner - Bronze
9. Isabella Wojtowicz - Bronze
10. Karyna Brol - Honorable Mention (Outside Experience)
11. Lily Caruso - Honorable Mention
12. Natalie Goettsch - Honorable Mention
13. Lily Goodbred - Honorable Mention
14. Molly Lambert - Honorable Mention
15. Kendall Mallers - Honorable Mention
16. Clare McEniry - Honorable Mention
17. Olivia Moore - Honorable Mention
18. Emma Palmer - Honorable Mention
19. Madelyn Stumm - Honorable Mention
20. Emma Westhoff - Honorable Mention

Level 3:
1. Aliyah Ochoa - Gold (Bilingual)
2. Paloma Renteria - Gold (Bilingual)
3. Athziry Torres - Gold (Bilingual)
4. Peyton Collete - Bronze
5. Erin Murray - Bronze
6. Christina Ferraro - Honorable Mention
7. Natalie Lopez - Honorable Mention (Bilingual)
8. Megan Molenhouse - Honorable Mention 
       

Level 4: 
1. Dayanara Vazquez - Silver (Bilingual)
2. May Regan - Bronze
3. Ellie Schubert - Bronze ***4 year medalist
4. Maggie Seraphin - Honorable Mention

Gold medalists scored in the 95th percentile or above; Silver medalists scored between the 85-94 percentile; Bronze medalists scored between the 75-84 percentile.

Special recognition was given to senior Ellie Schubert who earned a medal each year during her Rosary High School career.

The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 6 through 12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Rosary Spanish teachers are Mrs. Julie Jeppesen and Ms. Katherine Bruckner ('15).

FRENCH:

Level 1:
Sydney Slavin  - Certificat de mérite

Level 2:
Isabelle Lagman  - Certificat d'honneur

Level 3 
1. Ellie Figueras - Bronze medalist
2. Delaney Hefke - Certificat d'honneur
3. Jillian Ferraro  -  Certificat de mérite

The National French Contest/Le Grand Concours is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French for students in all 50 states and abroad. Rosary’s French teacher is Mrs. Heather Cannon.