World Language students receive national exam honors

World Language students in the Bethlehem Central School District continue to excel in both Spanish and French. This year, a total of 100 students in grades 9-12 have been honored as a result of their achievements on national language exams. They are making BC proud!

National French Contest Winners

Congratulations to all of our students who won awards in this year’s Le Grand Concours, the national French contest. The district even had a student win a Platinum award, the highest honor in Le Grand Concours. Congratulations, all!  See group photos below.

Platinum

Sophie Wang (Level 2)

Gold

Sophia Imbriaco, Eleanor Benzing, Isha Narang (Level 3)

Silver

  • Level 5: Heera Narang, Matthew Connolly, Emiliano Torlasco
  • Level 4: Suzanna Amirbekian, Audrey Manley, Pamela White, Stella Bradshaw
  • Level 3: Harlow Kung, Grace Chrapowitzky, Rurika Suzuki, Oona Ko Knight
  • Level 2: Ava Gasson, Katie Reynolds, Nyara Bughrara, Molly Wladis, Anika Kalam

Bronze

  • Level 5: Nika Midgette
  • Level 4: Lucy Whiteley
  • Level 3: Garima Yadav, Norina Zhang, Freddie Fielder, Lauren Greaux, Piper Doolen, Maxwell Gold
  • Level 2: Anna Peles, Derek Clark, Ronan Singh, Ellie Pokabla, Shayna Huli, Benjamin Stevens

Certificat d’honneur

  • Level 5: Abraham Kauffman
  • Level 4: Vesna Pasetto, Adam Kohn, Chloe Heckman, Leah Garrison
  • Level 3: Zachary Dounane, Casey Large
  • Level 2: Mofei Zhu, Grace Evans, Julia Siegel, Kate Bannigan, Phoebe Wooster, Kimberly Davenport

Certificat de Mérite

Level 4: Eric Ofori, Greta Graf
Level 3: Olivia Skuza, Lisa Abdallah
Level 2: CC Follos, Mahmud Zamamiri, Lyla Stebbins, Camilla Heckman, Elyssa Johnson
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Grade 9 – French Contest
group of students
Grade 10 – French Contest
three students pose for photo
Grade 11 – French Contest
four students pose for photo
Grade 12 – French Contest

National Spanish Exam Medal Winners

Each year, many BCHS Spanish language students participate in the National Spanish Exams. The exams are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) and are offered in schools throughout the 50 states and many other countries. Congratulations to the following students who are this year’s 2022 National Spanish Exam medalists and honorable mention awardees (group photo below):

Level 3

Gold

  • Ryan Sood
  • Romeo Vashishth
  • Sabrina Vichaiwattana

Silver

  • Ansen Chamberlain
  • Yuna Chung
  • Nyle Dennin
  • Gabriel Martin
  • Dominic Norfleet
  • Kirsten Phang
  • Gabriella Raydo

Bronze

  • Maggie Alderisio
  • Margaret Buckley
  • Tyler Goldberg
  • Zoey McCarthy
  • Sean Ryan

Honorable Mention

  • Ryan Fenlon
  • Anthony Gibbs
  • Eva Ho
  • Benjamin Imbriaco
  • William Lauricella
  • Adam Levin
  • Adrian Lopez-Toledo
  • Owen Luntz
  • Emily Martinez
  • Grady Nautel
  • Dhara Patel
  • Purvayi Patil
  • Anna Walston

Level 4

Gold

  • Suzanna Amirbekian
  • Diego Clark
  • Jack Newell

Silver

  • Audrey Henson
  • Ronan Tiu
  • Dylan Vuille

Honorable Mention

  • Katie Brodeur
  • Jill DeCancio
  • Camella Douglas
  • Madeline Gallagher
  • Anna Kranson
  • Peter Landi
  • Patrick Murphy

Bronze

  • Elle Lyda

Level 5

Silver

  • Megan Dellenbaugh

Bronze

  • Orion Dennin

Honorable Mention

  • Eva Mane
  • Kaitlin O’Meara
  • Jianna Paggao
  • Sarah Syed
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Grades 9-12 – Spanish Exam