The Language Department acknowledged the outstanding performance of Chinese, French and Latin students in a recent assembly. The awardees distinguished themselves at the regional and national level on the three separate national language tests.
In Latin, the following students earned a Certificate of Honorable Merit CUM LAUDE:
Level II: Molly Kinstle ’21
Level III: Anne-Valerie Clitus ’21
Level IV: Kenneth Wang ’20
Level V: Jason Albanese ’20
The following students earned a Certificate of Honorable Merit MAGNA CUM LAUDE:
Level II: Annika von Schoeler-Ames ’22
Level IV: Julia Farnham ’20
The following students earned a Certificate of Honorable Merit MAXIMA CUM LAUDE (a Silver Medal):
Level II: Na Kyung Lee ’21
Level V: Eric Albanese ’20
And, with his outstanding performance on this year’s fourth level exam, Nat Markey ’20 earned a Certificate of Honorable Merit SUMMA CUM LAUDE (a Gold Medal).
Chinese IV and AP students have been inducted into membership of the National Chinese Honor Society. The National Chinese Honor Society is a scholastic organization that promotes and recognizes students who demonstrate citizenship, leadership, and community service.
Insoo Kang was elected president and Punn Phentrakul vice president of the society.
Our National Chinese Honor Society members are Simon Kim ’19, Karen Janocha ’19 and Caleb Stern ’19, Abby Seltzer ’20, Conrad Kang ’20, Sabrina Shao ’19
Chinese 4: Insoo Kang ’19, Punn Phentrakul ’19, Cam Huntley ’21
Chinese AP: Ella Goodman ’19, Luke Po ’20
For French, we applaud students who placed at the national level and regional chapter level (Western Massachusetts and Vermont) and/or received medals.
LEVEL 1A (French I):
Cristina Reyna ’22, 8th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont, 10th in nation
Bronze
LEVEL 2A (Honors French II)
Sage Friedman ’22, 11th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Bronze
Sydni Landman ’22, 11th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Bronze
Noe Perry-Greene ’22, 8th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont, 9th in nation
Silver
Sofia Michalski ’22, 5th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont, 6th in nation
Silver
LEVEL 3A (French III Honors)
Zachary Demetriou ’21, 13th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Bronze
Abigail Schulkind ’21, 11th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Silver
LEVEL 4A (Honors French V):
Anya Rozario ’20, 14th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Bronze
Yiqing Song ’21, 12th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Bronze
LEVEL 5A (AP French Language):
Sarah Kimmel ’20, 10th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Kira Bixby ’19, 9th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Claire Harrison ’19, 5th place in Western Massachusetts & Vermont
Bronze
Several language students who won awards were taking AP exams at the time the photo was taken.