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Modern Language National Test Results

National French Exam

Congratulations to Maya Czeneszew (7) and Zoe Vogel (7) who placed 1st at both the state and national levels in the National French Exam. 

Here’s a complete list of the students who received high scores on the National French Exam.

National Level | Middle School1st place: Maya Czeneszew (7) and Zoe Vogel (7); 4th place: Evelina Gostomski (7), Annie Johnson (8), Margie Johnston (7); 5th place: Daniel Gutierrez (7); 7th place: Elena Cameron (8)

State Level | Middle School2nd place: Terrina White (7); 3rd place: Sam Aronson (7), Max Vasicek (7); 4th place: Max Feather (8); 5th place: Sydney Powell (8); 6th place: Rebekah Florey (7); 10th place: Mikayla Ennevor (7)

Chinese National Honors Society Inductees

Christopher Anderson (11), Blaze Beecher (11), Madisen Diehl (11), Madison Ernst (11), Sofie Kim (10), Grace Kirkpatrick (10), Trevor Larsen (11), Luke LeBlanc (11), Julian Maddox (10), Anjali Madhok (11), Lucas McCormick (11), Peter Metzger (11), William Naylor (12), Hannah Price (11), Carter Roland (11), Nath Saramantunga (11), Jack Sheehy (11), Josh Stillman (12), Sunny Tang (11), Lucas Wille (11), Maddi Youngdale (11), Patricia Zhao (11)

State Level | Upper School6th place: Tiffany Ravelomanantsoa (12); 7th place: Nicole Miller (10); 10th place: Veronika Holubova (11); 12th place: Emma Quirk-Durben (12); 13th place: Darartu Gamada (9); 14th place: Emma Senner (9); 14th place: Liza Miller (10)Halcyon Brown (8) — a Middle School student enrolled in an Upper School French class — scored Nationally at 4th place and 6th place in State.

National Spanish Exam

National Level | Middle SchoolHonorable Mention: Maryam Ali (8), Carter Breitenfeldt (8), Madelena Caron (8), Marisol Childs (8), Avi Eller (8), Jack Fowler (8), Addie Hardten (8), Jordan Johnson (8), Lauren Kozikowski (8), Maya Langendorf (8), Nicole Oppenheimer (8), Ronnie Richardson-Matthews (8), Maggie Schmoker (8), Adlai Sinkler (8), Jordan Stillman (8), Roman Stuart (8), Ben Turner  (8)

Bronze Level: Kirk Boyd (8), Ivy Garvis (8), Davis Harrington (8), Raegan Hasselbring (8), Eva Heinen (8), Seth Madson (8), Renelle Mensah (8), Samantha Nelson (8), Garrett Opperman (8), Emily Pluhar (8), Alayna Simonds (7), Amelia Simonds (7), Isabel Wellik (8)

Silver Level: Brittany Blazar (8), Henry Louris (8), Olivia Richards (8)

Gold Level: Melanie Blazar (8), Emma Cowan (8), Sarah (Gigi) Gunderson (8), Alexa Helm (8), Isabella Jennings (8), Samuel Rex (8), Abby Richardson (8), Katie Schmoker (8), Hyun Soo Song (7), Layla Tattersfield (8), Grace Taylor (8)

National Level | Upper SchoolHonorable Mention | Spanish I: Carter Breitenfeldt (8), Claire Cousineau (9), Chase Ellingson (9), Justin Paulson (9); Spanish II: Mary Beringause (9), Tiara Burton (9), Sara Carle (9), Logan Denzer (9), Ivy Flemmer (9), Stoil Ganev (9), Prashant Godishala (9), Megan Johnson (9), Margaret Keiser (9), Madeline McCue (9), Parker Sipes (10), Andrew Stuempfig  (10), Anna Zumwinkle (9); Spanish III: Emily Ratner (10), Sophia Schonwetter (11), Mazin Taman (10), Ingrid Thyr (9); Spanish IV: Maria Bell (10), Brian Bolles (11),  Erik Horstman (10), Julia Joern (11), Parsa Najmaie (10), Grant Two Bulls (10); Spanish V: Daniel Bergerson (12); Spanish VI: Greer Bingham (12), Sophie Burton (12), Stephanie Carlson (12), Patrick Curoe (12), Paige Dempsey  (12), Joia Felton (12), Katie Kiesel  (12), Joe Kuhns (12), William Naylor (12), Josh Stillman (12), Isabella Valentini (12)

Bronze Level | Spanish I: Marianne Drysdale (9); Spanish II: Amanda Gillen (9), Sina Hakim-Hashemi (9), Seamus Walsh (9), Gloriana Wolf (9)

Sliver Level | Spanish V: Julia Florey (10); Spanish VI: Sarah Koop (12), Evie Mackenzie (10)

Gold Level | Spanish II: Emma Senner (9); Spanish VI: Nicholas Thyr (12)

Chinese National Honors Society Inductees

Christopher Anderson (11), Blaze Beecher (11), Madisen Diehl (11), Madison Ernst (11), Sofie Kim (10), Grace Kirkpatrick (10), Trevor Larsen (11), Luke LeBlanc (11), Julian Maddox (10), Anjali Madhok (11), Lucas McCormick (11), Peter Metzger (11), William Naylor (12), Hannah Price (11), Carter Roland (11), Nath Saramantunga (11), Jack Sheehy (11), Josh Stillman (12), Sunny Tang (11), Lucas Wille (11), Maddi Youngdale (11), Patricia Zhao (11)

Bearstangs Take Third at State

Congratulations to the Breck-Blake Boys Swim and Dive Team, who took third place at the Class A State Tournament on Saturday, March 2. Here are the final meet results by event.

Photos from Saturday are posted on the gallery site (http://breckschool.zenfolio.com/p640120318).

2013 State Class A MeetBreck-Blake Boys Swim and Dive Team ResultsOverall: 3rd place (177 points)

200 Medley Relay 1st place: Mitchell Foster, Humphrey Pruett, Dylan Motto, Alex Herkert

200 IM 1st place: Mitchell Foster5th place: Humphrey Pruett15th place: Chris Walker

Diving13th place: Brandon Pearson

100 Fly14th place: Chris Walker

500 Free11th place: Evan Stafford

200 Free Relay8th place: Nic van Oppen, Alex Herkert, Ryan Broll, Humphrey Pruett

100 Back2nd place: Mitchell Foster

100 Breast3rd place: Humphrey Pruett9th place: Tiernan Foster-Smith

400 Free Relay7th place: Nic van Oppen, Alex Herkert, Chris Walker, Mitchell Foster

2013-14 Sabbaticals Announced

Head of School Edward Kim announced the 2013-14 sabbatical recipients earlier today. They are John Bellaimey, Religion Department Head, and Beckie Alexander, MS Science Instructor. 

Father Bellaimey has two goals. The first is to help people in tangible ways. He will accomplish this by serving alongside volunteers of many faiths here in Minneapolis as well as in places like Guatemala and Sri Lanka. The second goal is to make several "flip" movies illustrating key events, ideas, people and places in the great world religions. When John returns to Breck he will spend class time with students doing projects, having debates, and investigating the basic concepts of world religions more deeply.

Beckie Alexander will explore three passions: snow, ski racing, and women’s athletics. In 1979, 1986, and 1999 Beckie visited several different glaciers. She will use sabbatical time to return to those glaciers (along with visiting several others) and observe changes. This will serve as an example to her students as they explore their connection to climate change. Another of Beckie’s passions is cross-country skiing — a sport that has been affected by climate change. Beckie will participate in races around the world including Italy, Germany, France, Wisconsin, Greenland, and the Arctic Circle. Finally, Beckie will chronicle the story of her family’s struggle for equity in girls’ sports at Robbindale High School during the 1970’s.

Breck Students Win MN Scholastic Art Awards

This year, Breck students won 29 awards at the Minnesota State Scholastic Art Awards program.  Upper School students won four gold keys, two silver keys and 15 honorable mentions.  Middle School students won one gold key, four silver keys, and three honorable mentions. 

Our gold key winners were Claire Drysdale (four awards in drawing) and Hannah Shin (film and animation).

Silver keys went to Joseph Kuhns (portfolio), Claire Drysdale (painting), Alexa Helm (ceramics), Archana Murali (film and animation), Sam Pacala (printmaking) and Liam Snow (printmaking).

Honorable mentions went to Joseph Kuhns and Jessica Ryvlin (portfolio), Madison Diehl, Claire Drysdale, Kylee Grant, Niara Hill, Katherine Jundt, Karsten Knusten, Hunter Larson, Duncan Phelps, Jessica Ryvlin, Katie Schmoker and Manuela Villafana.

Gold key work will be exhibited at the gallery at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, and winners will be honored at an award ceremony at the Minnesota History Center in March.

Alum Shares His Story at PFLAG Conference

Nick Kleidon '12 was a featured speaker at the Minnesota PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Conference in January, focusing on efforts to keep high school students safe from bullying at school.

Kleidon talked about coming out to his classmates as a senior at Breck and spoke to a reporter from WCCO.