CHS Students Earn National Recognition for Spanish

Congratulations to the numerous students from Collinsville High School who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2018 National Spanish Examinations!

Students enrolled in Spanish III, IV and V earned a total of 4 gold, 6 silver and 10 bronze medals along with 37 honorable mentions. “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.”

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 Cara Kettler. “They have worked so hard all year to prepare for these exams and it absolutely shows in this year’s results. This is the first year that we have ever had students reach the gold medal, so we are just thrilled!”

The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 6 through 12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

SPANISH III 2018

Gold (95th percentile or above)
Andrea Lozano (98%)
Selina Villegas (95%)

Silver (85th through the 94th percentiles)
Yohana Carrillo (93%)
Gage Peek (88%)
James Russell (87%)

Bronze (75th through the 84th percentiles)
Trent Baima (76%)
Chelsea Cagg (77%)
Alyssa Grimm (76%)
Samuel McChristian (77%)
Monserrat Muñoz (76%)
Aylin Pacheco (83%)
Karina Vasquez Solano (75%)

Honorable Mention (50th percentile through the 74th percentile)
Bryson Baker (57%)
Kylie Bolandis (58%)
Kira Brown (70%)
Amy Burgess (67%)
Richard Coca (58%)
Javier DeAvila (64%)
Hannah Gray (69%)
Christian Hernandez (71%)
Alyssa Huffman (52%)
Emmanuel Jimenez (71%)
Gage Jones (53%)
Parker Kent (58%)
Lukas Liljegren (62%)
Heather Martinez (56%)
Mason Maun (64%)
Deyanira Mercado (60%)
Garrett Morski (63%)
Nelson Pacheco (62%)
Jared Pallardy (62%)
Ignacio Reveles (52%)
Jenifer Rivas (58%)
Vanessa Rodriguez (53%)
Donovan Scott-Gass (64%)
Isabella Tucker (56%)
Denise Varela (51%)
Jose Villa (60%)
Emily Watt (55%)

SPANISH IV 2018

Gold (95th percentile or above)
Emma Sebesta (99%)
Stephanie Velazquez (98%)

Silver (85th through the 94th percentiles)
Blerta Beluli (94%)
Emma Knoebel (89%)
Emily Park (85%)

Bronze (75th through the 84th percentiles)
Emily Falbe (77%)
Jessica Leavy (76%)
Luke Moore (84%)

Honorable Mention (50th percentile through the 74th percentile)
Edgar Acevedo (64%)
Emily Ford (53%)
Edgar Mercado (68%)
August Nugent (69%)
Diana Pacheco (60%)
Kaitlynn Schantz (59%)
Samantha Schmiesdeskamp (53%)
Ailin Soto (63%)
Nick Suria (62%)