Congratulations to my students who attained national recognition for their outstanding performance on the 2016 National Spanish Examinations.
Students from Archbishop McNicholas High School have a long history of high achievement on these exams. Every year, students in Spanish classes take the National Spanish Exam. Teachers Tracey Canisalez, Kyle Jepson and Carla Wessels will honor each student who won a national award at the Academic Awards Evening at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.
A Gold Medal represents a score in the 95th percentile or better; a Silver Medal represents a score in the 85th percentile or better; and a Bronze Medal represents a score in the 75th percentile or better.
McNicholas earned a total of 6 gold, 6 silver, and 7 bronze medals along with 5 honorable mentions.
These Spanish students earned the following honors:
Premio de Oro: Myles Bailey, Madison Boeckman, Lilly Osterday, Matthew Pryor, Sophia Sponsler and Olivia Tore
Premio de Plata: Abby Bryll, Rylie Higgins, JP Sheehan, Jill Tore, Jacob Watford and Lilly Zimmerman
Premio de Bronce: Emily Byrne, Collin Crowthers, Annabelle Fisher,Andrew Geers, Bente Joosten, Jack Potter, Julia Straub
Honorable Mention- Sam Durm, Garrett Estes, Thomas McDermott, Emily Potter, Caleb Tenkman
Congratulations to Myles Bailey! Myles is Spanish 1 Student of the Year. He also scored 3rd highest in the State of Ohio Buckeye Chapter!!!
“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 over 154,000 students participating 2016 ."