Collinsville High School students enrolled in Spanish III, IV and V earned a total of 12 silver and 15 bronze medals, and 28 honorable mentions on the 2019 National Spanish Examinations.
“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 2019.”
Students from Collinsville High School have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers Terrie Barr, Krysten Harres, Cara Kettler, Shelly Romoser and Amy Russell.
“We are so unbelievably proud of these kids,” said World Language Department Chair Cara Kettler. “They have worked so hard all year to prepare for these exams and it absolutely shows in this year’s results.”
The National Spanish Examinations are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Spanish III Silver medal winners:
Islemy Leyva
Destiny Johnson
Rebecca Howard
Jaret Aylsworth
Hunter Juengel
Grace Crowe (not pictured)
Spanish III Bronze medal winners:
Fatima Romo
Jacqueline Calderon
Mckenna Laing
Jakob Schreiber
Lillian Franks
Maxwell Meseke (not pictured)
Spanish III Honorable Mentions:
Yahir Figueroa
Lena Juenger
Kayla Hancher
Miguel Avila
Katelyn Daniel
Sadie Ripley
Autumn Ham
Maria Romo
Yesenia Garcia
Evan Capecchi (not pictured)
Abigail Galvan (not pictured)
Biridiana Gonzalez (not pictured)
Theo Ingram (not pictured)
Claire Ross (not pictured)
Elizabeth Sauer (not pictured)
Anna Grace Weil (not pictured)
Spanish IV Silver medal winners:
Chelsea Cagg
Gage Peek
Alyssa Grimm
Parker Kent (not pictured)
Spanish IV Bronze medal winners:
Monserrat Munoz
Alondra Munoz
James Russell
Abriana Rivas
Amy Burgess (not pictured)
Samuel McChristian (not pictured)
Isabella Tucker (not pictured)
Selina Villegas (not pictured)
Spanish IV Honorable Mentions:
Elizah Apperson
Emmanuel Jimenez
Hannah Gray
Trent Baima (not pictured)
Richard Coca (not pictured)
Javier DeAvila (not pictured)
Alyssa Huffman (not pictured)
Mason Maun (not pictured)
Nelson Pacheco (not pictured)
Kimberly Perez (not pictured)
Maritza Perez (not pictured)
Donovan Scott-Gass (not pictured)
Spanish V Bronze medal winner:
Zaira Jimenez-Martinez
Spanish V Silver medal winners:
Larissa Jimenez-Martinez
Stephanie Velazquez (not pictured)