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St. Mary Academy - Bay View World Language students recently received local and national recognition for their success in exams and competitions in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian.
Students in Middle and Upper School earned four gold, six silver, 11 bronze and 25 honorable mentions in the National Spanish Examinations. The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 8 through
"Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious," said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, "because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 150,000 students participating in 2018."
The National Spanish Exam award winners are:
Spanish Exam Gold Medal
Faith Blais, grade 8
Emma Holloway, grade 8
Eva Matos, grade 8
Elizabeth White, grade 8
Spanish Exam Silver Medals
Mary Gueye, grade 8
Olivia Martin, grade 8
Emily O'Hearn, grade 8
Gabriela Valotto, grade 8
Gabriella Osorio-Palo, grade 8
Abigail Miller, grade 9
Spanish Exam Bronze Medals
Grace Bourassa, grade 8
Carson Cole, grade 8
Orla Feld, grade 8
Margaret Mahoney, grade 8
Simone Miranda, grade 8
Morgan Vales, grade 8
Jia Weingard, grade 8
Jessenia Collazo, grade 10
Abigail Dawson, grade 9
Erin Donovan, grade 9
Alyssa Liebegott, grade 9
Spanish Exam Honorable Mention
Catrina Fielding, grade 8
Abbie Green-Sermak, grade 8
Norah Levinson, grade 8
Jane Maciel, grade 8
Brooke Maloney, grade 8
Ainsley Pattie, grade 8
Sydney Andrade, grade 8
Nicole Baalbaki, grade 10
Phoebe Chace, grade 9
Theresa Der Manouelian, grade 10
Lauren Dohoney, grade 10
Tessa Foley, grade 9
Jordan Kane, grade 9
Alise Knudson, grade 9
Kasandra Kue-Rojas, grade 10
Isabella Lanna, grade 12
Linzey Lopez, grade 9
Ava Nyman, grade 9
Virginia Nault, grade 11
Lisa Ortiz, grade 10
Kaleigh Quinn, grade 9
Elizabeth Scotti, grade 9
Kathleen Sheridan, grade 9
Perissa Sousa, grade 11
Maiya Wandyes, grade 9
Bay View students who study French also earned national recognition for their results on the 2018 Le Grand Concours, the National French Contest of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). More than 85,000 students in all 50 states competed in the 2018 event. The following students earned one silver, one bronze, and six honorable mentions.
The award winners are:
French Exam Silver Medal
Brooke Newbury, grade 9
French Exam Bronze Medals
Emily Buchanan, grade 9
French Exam Honorable Mention
Emily Barone, grade 9
Elise Dezotell, grade 10
Caitlin Fogerty, grade 12
Isabella Heffernan, grade 9
Isabella Kopech, grade 10
Emma Simas, grade 10
The National Portuguese exam results included four bronze medals on the national level for Bay View students.
They are:
Portuguese Exam Bronze Medals
Rachel Bettencourt, grade 10
Isabel Cruz, grade 10
Zoe Ferreira, grade 10
Gabriella Moreira, grade 10
Bay View students who study Italian also earned national recognition for their results on the 2018 National Italian Examination, which is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Italian.
The following 13 students received honorable mention:
Italian Exam Honorable Mention
Lucy Bosch, grade 9
Elena Botsford, grade 12
Giabella Childs, grade 9
Clara Cruz, grade 11
Wren Hager, grade 9
Alyssa Martinez, grade 9
Erin McIntyre, grade 12
Katie O'Connell, grade 9
Gwen Payne, grade 9
Ashley Scotti, grade 9
Julia Smith, grade 10
Abigail Swift, grade 10
Alejandra Tavarez, grade 9
Congratulations to all of our students on a job well done!