Congratulations to 43 Spanish students from who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2012 National Spanish Examinations.

Breck students earned a total of 6 silver, 11 bronze medals and 26 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 140,373 students participating in 2012.”

The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 8 through 12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Silver (Plata)

Level I: Brianna Bruggeman, Prashant Godishala, Madeline McCue, Ingrid Thyr

Level V: Evie Mackenzie, Nick Thyr

Bronze (Bronce)

Level I: Sara Carle, Amanda Gillen, Lewis White

Level II: Parsa Najmaie, Sophia Schonwetter

Level IV: Julia Florey, Clarissa Martin

Level V: Robert Aldrich

Level VI: Omead Eftekari, Karin Fujioki, Anna Hendrickson

Honorable Mention

Level I: Lilly Johnson, Margaret Keiser, William Setterberg, Andrew Stuempfig, Jake Uchitelle

Level II: Grace Carle, Taylor Finken, Lily Hammer, Cecily Hibbs, Emily Ratner

Level III: Maria Bell, Brian Bolles, Adria Duncan, Jennifer Fabian, Gage Prior, Lorelei Lange, Mark Murray, Jessica Ryvlin, Makayla Samountry, Yosi Sela

Level IV: Daniel Bergerson, Deonna Johnson, Sarah Short

Level V: Sarah Koop, Josh Stillman

Level VI: Abby Chapman