Ten Spanish students from The Wheatley School will be recognized for their outstanding performance on the 2013 National Spanish Exam given by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese at the Long Island Chapter’s annual awards ceremony held on May 30.
The “gold” award winners scored within the top 5 percent of all students who took the exam nationally.
Wheatley’s award recipients included four eighth graders: Isabella Araujo, Lianna Golden, Rachel Koty and Teddy Lewis who are currently enrolled in Mrs. Anderson’s and Mr. Rivero’s classes. The ninth grade gold winners include: Kayla Barroca, Krista Chen, Mohammed Khanzada, Julian Nathan, Jaclyn Stroud and Andrew Zuckerman from Mrs. Martinez’ and Mrs. Principe-Franco’s classes.
Students receive a gold medallion and a check from the Long Island chapter of the AATSP.
Both Julian Nathan and Andrew Zuckerman placed in the 99th percentile on this challenging exam.
In addition to those who were recognized formally, 79 other Wheatley students earned a total of 15silver medals and 22 bronze with 42 placing in the Honorable Mention category.
“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 156,000 students participating this year.”
