Congratulations to many of our Spanish students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2024 National Spanish Examinations. Students earned a total of 6 gold, 20 silver and 16 bronze medals along with 62 honorable mentions.
“Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Lisa Greenman, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with nearly 85,000 students participating in 2024.”
Students have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers, Ms. Cardillo, Ms. D’Addario, Ms. Hindes, and Ms. Ramirez, Mr. Rodriguez and Ms. Salazar.
Congratulations to all!
Level 2 Awards:
GOLD: (Hindes) Jennifer Mendez; (D’Addario) Ella Brenner
SILVER: (Hindes) Julissa Rivera Rivera, Olivia Tintera; (Ramirez) Keiry Garay Portillo; (D’Addario) Lucas Flores, Tavaughn Jones, Katy Valle, Emely Yanes Rivera; (Salazar) Sophia Valle, Emely Aguilar, Cristopher Ortega Menjivar
BRONZE: (Hindes) Jacobo Castano Ramirez, Ethan Ewart, Emma O’Reilly; (Ramirez) Keyri Hernandez, Natalie Totolhua Tejeda; (D’Addario) Numayer Choudhury, Kevin Ramirez Garcia; (Salazar) Angelo Galindo
HONORABLE MENTION: (Hindes) Josue Contreras Hernandez, Nancy Portillo Umana, Sofia Villatoro; (Cardillo) Emma Abrescia, Ioannis Balanos, Parker Eisner, Ishe Patel; (Ramirez)
Amy Garrido Mejia, Edwin Miranda Gonzalez, Sophia Casaccio; (D’Addario) Ethan Arroyo, Maeve Fallon, Evan Filler, Adhiraj Gagain, Emma Jacoutat, Natalie Symons, Soha Chaudhry, Daniel Cotsalas, Jeffrey Lopez Portillo, Alejandro Tello, Evan Tso, Hayli Wuss; (Salazar) Gustavo Elvir, Janell Velasquez, Shastelyn Flores Granados, Andrea Medina Granados
Level 3 Awards:
GOLD: (Hindes) Rebeca Guevara, Issaias Portillo Garay, Ayaan Siddiqui, Adriana Núñez Méndez
SILVER: (Hindes) Tyler Biblow, Shayaan Siddiqui, Mackenzie Marsden, Marin McDonnell, Jordan Churchman, Brittney Cruz, Brandon Villatoro Fuentes
BRONZE: (Hindes) Jade Tintera, Ibrahim Farooq, Gabriel Raynor; (D’Addario) Lucas Hill Mendizabal
HONORABLE MENTION: (Hindes) Alexander Gillet, Sofia Palacios López, Nicolas Castillo, Mia Velasquez Alvarado, Maylin Velasquez, Lindsey Moreno, Kritz Taku, Kian Bowditch, Kenia Fernandez Rodriguez, Jacquelyn Reyes Zamora, Angely Saravia, Andy Flores, Alexandra Orellana, Adrian Burga; (D’Addario) Jack Biblow, Naomi Chavez, Isabella Galindo, Rubi Velasquez, Cesanyoly Bautista, Ana Pichardo Chacon, Jayden Castro, Erica Chung
Level 4 Awards:
SILVER: (Ramirez) Katelyn H. Adams
BRONZE: (Ramirez) Jexon Sorto, Eric Maldonado; (Rodriguez) Fernanda Najera
HONORABLE MENTION: (Ramirez) Eliezer Sorto, Jasmine Veliz Carrillo; (Rodriguez) Genevieve Esposito, Kimberly Rivas
Level 5 Awards:
SILVER: (Ramirez) Kimberly Castro Perdomo, Marcela Avalos Teves
BRONZE: (Ramirez) Yakelin Joya
HONORABLE MENTION: (Salazar) Ashley Palacios, Delmy Garcia, Erica Sanchez Hernandez, Maryuri Reyes Munoz, Melanie Alvarado, Riley McDonnell; (Ramirez) Alexis Aviles Martinez, Angelina Gonzalez, Nathalie Alvarez