May 22, 2017—Congratulations to the following students, who received awards for high scores on their respective language exams.
2017 Chinese National Awards: Ohio Speech and Essay Contest
Speech contest, Third Place Award: Maximus Wilson
Writing contest, Second Place Award: Gloria Ng
Writing contest, Third Place Award: Christine-Chapman Sung, Emma Ponitz, Andrew Moher, Max Landow, and Madison Wilson
National French Contest Winners
French 5
Gold Medal: Kathleen White, Senior
Silver Medal: Annemie Reimers, Senior
Bronze Medal: Sarah Grube, Junior, and Sophia Matts, Senior
Mention Honorable: Seniors Maria White, Nora Spadoni, and Noa Jalango
French 4
Gold Medal: Hana Flamm, Junior; Katja Rode, Sophomore
Silver Medal: Melis Balton-Brunet, Sophomore; Juniors Caitlin Cullina, Emma Duhamel, Rachel Podl, Anna Walker, and Honor Zetzer
Bronze Medal: Sofia Ayres-Aronson, Junior; Nadia DeGeorgia, Senior
Honorable Mention: Juniors Margaret Bartimole, Cielle Brady, Katie Campanelli, Sydney Fieseler, Genevieve Fortin, Joseph Luntz, Zachary Nosanchuk
French 3
Gold Medal: Sophomores Phillip Lewicki and Michaela Witt; Alison Lupton, Freshman
Silver Medal: Sophomores Nikhila Balasubramaniam, Kanella Basilion, Kaiah Callahan, Ahmed Mahmoud, and Aaron Skubby; and Freshman Chloe Friedland
Bronze Medal: Sophomores Connor Covert and Marie-Claire Innis
Honorable Mention: Sophomores Maria Maldonado, Miles McCallum, Andrew Stadler, Kendall Sweeney, and Sandra Harper; and Freshman Ainsley Snyder
French 2
Platinum Medal: Emilia Richter, Freshman
Silver Medal: Freshmen Nathalie Green, Lia Marie Snyder, Lea Albers, Marina Denunzio, Grace McCormack, and Katherine Stewart
Bronze Medal: Freshmen Mikaela Lancy, Meggie Bond, and Jacob Hill
Mention Honorable: 8th Grader Flo Torok; Freshmen Sage Smith, Sophie Laurent, Patrick McGuan, Ava Yacovone, Caitlyn Shelley, Eliana Good, Rhazariah McFall, Luc Pelletier, Quinn Scanlon, Lane Murray, Rachel Dina, Louise Spadoni, Isabelle Smolsky, William White, Daniel Farkas; Sophomore Olivia La Rue and Fadwa Mohamed
French 1
Honorable mention: Zanay Chanoine, Junior; Freshmen Adaeze Okoye, Netania Stewart, Matthew Williams; and Christina Wood, Sophomore
Concours de la Maison Française
Fourth Place: Hana Flamm, Junior
Award from le Cercle des Conférences Françaises: Kathleen and Maria White
National Spanish Exam (NSE)
Spanish Level II
Plata (Silver medal): Chloe Friedland, Kevin Jang, Alex Lee
Honor (Honorable Mention): Samuel Berkson, Damon Kane, Sophie Miller, Isaac Weiss
Spanish Level III
Oro (Gold Medal): Daniel Szoke
Plata (Silver Medal): Isabel Levin, Isabela Ponce de Leon
Bronce (Bronze Medal): Justin Bai, Owen Barnard, Flora Branco, Elizabeth Brown, Ethan Gimbel, Malka Steinberg
Honor (Honorable Mention): Fiona Boyle, Grace Meyer, Claire Ockner
Spanish Level IV
Oro (Gold Medal): Marta Bono Balcells, Fenner Dreyfuss-Wells, Sophia Solganik, Lyle Yost
Plata (Silver Medal): Nate Cowan
Bronce (Bronze Medal): Isabel Fedewa
Honor (Honorable Mention): Asher Pollack, Ben Stager, Enna Van Den Akker