J-DHS students place on National French & Spanish Exams

The National French Contest/Le Grand Concours is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students of French in grades 1-12, in all 50 states and abroad, take a written test and compete against students with a similar educational background for prizes. The 60-minute national test is designed, written, financed, and disseminated by the members of the American Association of Teachers of French. The goal is to help stimulate further interest in the learning and teaching of French and to help recognize and reward student and teacher achievement.

    • Gold Award: students in the 95th percentile and above
    • Silver Award: students in 94th through 85th percentile
    • Bronze Award: students in 84th through 75th percentile
    • Honorable Mention: Students in 74th, through 50th percentile

Congratulations to the following students on their excellent dedication and performance: 

Français 2 (French 2)

    • Yara Alamir, Honorable Mention
    • Gwendolyn Holt, Honorable Mention 
    • Ev O’Brien, Honorable Mention 
    • Cora Bright, Honorable Mention 
    • Isabela Nikolavsky, Honorable Mention 
    • Mona Kallander, Bronze 
    • Aaron Feng, Bronze 
    • Cara Engel, Silver
    • Morgan Johnson, Silver

Français 3 (French 3)

    • Marisa Finistrella, Honorable Mention
    • Gretchen Olsen, Honorable Mention
    • Reese Ristau, Honorable Mention
    • Ben Ruckdeschelm, Gold 
    • Will Hougland, Silver
    • Gigi Torres-Mendoza, Honorable Mention
    • Jonah Gadarian, Bronze
    • Ayman El-Zammar, Bronze
    • Nyx Rabinski, Honorable Mention
    • Mustafa El-Zammar, Honorable Mention

Français 4 (French 4)

    • Luca Prattico, Honorable Mention
    • Daniel Luo, Honorable Mention
    • Ellie Downing, Honorable Mention
    • Oscar Williamson, Honorable Mention
    • T Salomon, Honorable Mention
    • Olivia Yang, Silver

Français 5 (French 5)

    • John Sarno, Honorable Mention

The National Spanish Examinations (NSE) are online, standardized assessment tools for Grades 6-12, given voluntarily by about 4,000 teachers throughout the United States, to measure the performance (interpretive communication) and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language. 

Students with outstanding scores on the National Spanish Examinations are recognized as follows:

    • Gold Award: Students scoring at or above the 95th percentile.
    • Silver Award: Students scoring from the 85th through the 94th percentiles.
    • Bronze Award: Students scoring from the 75th through the 84th percentiles.

Congratulations to the following students on their excellent dedication and performance: 

Español 2 (Spanish 2)

    • Henry Commandeur, Silver 
    • John Corcoran, Bronze
    • Gustave Cronin, Bronze
    • Anvi Gowda, Gold
    • Julia Hu, Silver
    • Lila Kresge, Bronze
    • Noah Smith, Bronze
    • Wes Smith, Gold
    • Marley Taylor, Silver
    • Charlotte Waldman, Bronze

Español 3 (Spanish 3)

    • Leah Abrams, Bronze
    • Arwa Algergawi, Bronze
    • Caleb Appiah, Bronze
    • Kavya Arasu, Silver
    • Abigail Cooke, Silver
    • Nicholas Duca, Bronze
    • Natalie Woyciesjes, Silver

Español 4 (Spanish 4)

    • Lauren Caporaso, Gold
    • Nicole Chen, Silver
    • Leandro Conde Mexique, Gold
    • Lillian Engel, Bronze
    • Betzy Hernández-Ramirez, Silver
    • Sinead McDevitt, Bronze
    • Flora Mei, Bronze
    • Leah Peterson, Bronze

Español 5 (Spanish 5)

    • Peter Drew, Silver
    • Lindsay Gaines, Silver