Several Archmere students participated in national language exams in the areas of German, French and Spanish. The AATG National German Exam recognizes the achievements of those students in Level II and higher. The National French Contest, a challenging exam sponsored by the American Association Teachers of French, tests grammar, vocabulary, auditory skills and reading comprehension. Over 95,000 students participated in the national exam in March. The National Spanish Exam, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, had over 140,000 student participants this year. We are proud to announce that 146 Archmere Spanish students received an award for their performance from the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
GERMAN: The AATG National German Exam recognizes the achievements of those students in Level II and higher.
Representing German level 2 was Zachary Pease ’15 who placed in the 91st percentile and Kurt Clements ’15 who placed in the 86th percentile. Zachary Pease received a Gold Certificate and Kurt Clements received a Silver Certificate. Representing German level 3 Mareike Van Wie ’16 who placed in the 98th percentile and Matthew Oslin ’15 who placed in the 91st percentile. Each received a Gold Certificate and a Delaware Sängerbund Award. Representing German level 4 was Anna South who placed in the 98th percentile. She received a Gold Certificate and the Antonie Ehrlich Award. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
FRENCH: Congratulations to our French students for their stellar performance in the National French Contest. This challenging exam, sponsored by the American Association Teachers of French, tests grammar, vocabulary, auditory skills and reading comprehension. Over 95,000 students participated in the national exam in March. Chapeau bas to all of our participants! The number in parentheses represents the placement in the State of Delaware.
Level IA:
Kathleen Lawlor, (7) and 8th place in the nation;
Level IB:
Vaneck Kounga, (1) and 2nd place in the nation; Rachel Ritter, (1) and 2nd place in the nation
Kayla Jurchak, (2) and 3rd place in the nation
Certificat d’honneur: Kathleen Lawlor, Kayla Jurchak, Vaneck Kounga, Rachel Ritter
Certificat de réussite: Bradley Hendrixson, John Hogue, Madeline Keating, Benjamin Murray, Kerry Ringiewicz, Lauren Yoslov, Laurel Dentinger, Stephanie Nepa
Level II A:
Megan Reynolds, (6) and 8th place in the nation; Frances Buckley, (7) and 9th place in the nation
Hannah Palczuk (8) and 10th place in the nation
Certificat d’honneur: Frances Buckley, Megan Reynolds, Hannah Palczuk
Certificat de réussite: Kendall Aulen, Alana Bradley, Meghan McBride, Rebecca McBride, Savannah Quinn, Philip Ryan, Emily Simons, Caleb Wang, Kylie Wright
Level III:
Justine Zhang,(4) and 10th place in the nation; Clee Malfitano (8) and 15th place in the nation;
Rebecca Peet,(9) and 16th place in the nation; Julia Berenato, Kenneth D’Aurizio and Brian Zhang (10) and 17th place in the nation
Certificat d’honneur: Julia Berenato, Kenneth D’Aurizio, Clee Malfitano, Rebecca Peet, Brian Zhang,
Justine Zhang
Certificat de réussite: Giuliana Brawley, Nick Costa, Anna D’Eramo, Emily Fulginiti, Nicole Kushner,
Kristen Mulvihill, Claire Orzel
Level IV:
Cierrah Doran (10) and 24th place in the nation
Certificat de réussite: Cierrah Doran, Delaney Leonard, Haley Moore
Level V:
Jason Andrechak,(3) and 15th place in the nation; Kathryn Fosbenner, (6) and 19th place in the nation;
Joseph Pettinelli (7) and 20th place in the nation; Abigail Filliben, (8) and 21st place in the nation;
Mary Tobin (9) and 25th place in the nation; Olivia Garcia, (10) and 27th place in the nation
Certificat de réussite: Jason Andrechak, Kathryn Fosbenner, Joseph Pettinelli
SPANISH: This year over 140,000 students participated in the National Spanish Exam. We are proud to announce that 146 Archmere Spanish students received an award for their performance from the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Students from Archmere Academy School earned a total of 11 gold certificates, 24 silver certificates, 29 bronze certificates and 89 honorable mention awards.
Level 1
Gold Certificate – Henry Moore (3) and Rahul Subbaraya (6).
Silver Certificate – Presley Conaty, Samantha Mengers, Jake Mottola, John Vaile.
Bronze Certificate – Sullivan Boulden, Victoria Cocco, Chloe Danyo, Kathryn Hogan, Lara Mekus,
Jaclyn Mulvihill, Noah Niumataiwalu, Jackson Singewald, Tracy Vandenbraak.
Certificate of Honor – Claire Moosberg (6), Kyle Conmy, Ashley Diggins, Katherine Flanagan, Ryan Jones, Madison Kennedy, Kylie Lavelle, Joseph Mcalonan, Gregory McCord, Tanner McIlrath, John McClausand, Malcom Odum, Valerie Rood, Joseph Singley, Joseph Spall, Kathleen Spillan, Brendan Tarte, Clayton Troy, Taylor Tucker, Nicholas Udovich, Jessica Yuschak.
Level 2
Gold Certificate – John Luke Pileggi-Fraguada (1st in the state of Delaware for Bilingual category),
Danny Bannon(2nd).
Silver Certificate – Alec Giakas (5), Michelle Bolner (10), Victoria Falasco (9), Maggie Maurer,
Peter Sabini (6), Jessica Zbranak (7).
Bronze Certificate – Meibin Chen, Katherine Ewing, Christine Ford, De’joun Lee, Andrew Hurst,
Audra Woodside.
Certificate of Honor – Matthew Bastian, Regan Bice, Colleen Carney, Laura Cline, Thomas Diamanty,
Marie Donovan, Matthew Gallagher, Alison Goebel, Bryn Gorelick, Madeline Guido, Kenan Hilyard,
Shannon Hogue, Christian Kobb, Edward Leonard, Jack Leonard, Kennedy Murphy, Sydney Murphy,
Mary Pinto, Jake Regler, Michael Schiavello, Thomas Whan Tong.
Level 3
Gold Certificate – Mercedes Chartier (1st), Michael Bannon (2) and Samuel Dainton (3).
Silver Certificate – Joseph Dayrit, Trent DiNardo, Molly Kennedy, Mark Melvin (8), John Spadaro,
Kelly Tibbets.
Bronze Certificate – Olivia Arasim, Sean Devine, Michael Ford, Andrew Hahm, Kevin Hill, Charlotte Lynch, Mackenzie McDougal, Eileen McAlonan, Payas Parab, Pauline Raisis, Jacqueline Sinnott, Abigail Smack.
Certificate of Honor - Claire Caverly, Christian Conaty, Catie Cottrell, Mary Fiorile, Liam Freeh,
Justin Freck, Kathleen Gillespie, Alicia Hopkins, Laura Jogani, Madeline Kelly, Katie Marinis,
Elizabeth Millard, Stephanie Montooth, Cara Nedbalski, Matthew Quinn, Tyler Signora, Katie Singley.
Level 4
Gold Certificate – Elizabeth Burton (3), Jonathan Lobo (3), Patrick Reilly.
Silver Certificate – Teresa Ceballos (2), Meghan O’keefe, Evan Rapone, Raylin Xu, (7), N’dea Yancey-bragg, Peter Zdunek,(8).
Bronze Certificate - Noah Anderson, Emily Gerard.
Certificate of Honor - Priya Bhaidaswala, Shannon Boswick, Ashley Brooks, Brian, Canfield, Zixin Cao, Melissa Cirillo, Molly Conlin, Benjamin Creekmore, Lauren Cutler, Thomas Depietro, Julia Donovan,
Evan Guerin, Stephen Haley, Camryn Hicks, Kelcey Hutchinson, Kelly Hutt, Victoria Kaloudis,
Colleen Kirkwood, Jack Malloy, Caitlin Markey, Bridget Sincavage, Heather Slattery, Nathan Swain,
Victoria Sylvestre, Colton Takata, Kayla Varela.
Level 5
Gold Certificate – Edward Gomes (1st)
Silver Certificate – Christina Reilly (4).
Bronze Certificate – Charles Kraft (6), Thomas Porth (5).
Certificate of Honor - William Bauer (9), Tyler Morales.