Gunston Students Earn National Recognition for 2020 National Spanish Examinations

Gunston Students Earn National Recognition for 2020 National Spanish Examinations
2020 National Spanish Examination

 

The Gunston School is pleased to announce, and congratulate several Spanish students who attained national recognition for their excellent performance on the 2020 National Spanish Examinations. Students earned a total of seven gold, seven silver and 13 bronze medals along with 18 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 over 140,000 students registered in 2020.”

Students from Gunston have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers, Avis Wheatley and Juan Angarita.  

The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 6 through 12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

National Spanish Award recipients 2020

Honorable mention

Level 1: John Brady’22, Kallena Kemp’22, Aidan Lafferty’23, Aaron Sanderson ’23, Alec Sanderson ’22, Matthew Sharpless ’22, James Fraser ’22, Evie Hagan’23, Paget Kellog ’23, Brooke Mcadory ’22. 

Level 2: Nick Scribner ’22, Andrew Baughman ’23, Lily Berntsen ’21, Lydia Davis ’21, Isabella de Leon ’22, Lynsey Hildebrand ’20, Damian Rene ’23. 

Level 3: Charles Shifrin ’21

Level 4: Avy Aubin ’21, Payton Lord ’20, Sydney Nittle ’21, Campbell Parkhurst ’21. 

Bronce

Level 1: Olivia Amygdalos ’23, Gracie Callahan’22, Madilyn Algier ’23, Lucy Bamford ’22, Robert Crow ’22, Ben Cuningham ’22, Paige Holmes ’22, Neva Lawrance ’22, Julia McClary ’23, Brielle Tyler ’23.

Level 2: Yuntian Bai ’20, Henry Shifrin ’21, Danielle Simmons ’22. 

Silver 

Level 1: Torian Copper ’23, Georgia Gillespie ’22, Lane Parkhurst ’23, Julia Reed ’23, Summer Salos ’22. 

Level 2: Annie Bamford ’20

Level 4: Lydia Periconi ’21

Oro

Level 1: Nicholas Abell ’23 and Zacharia Mozher ’23
 

Level 2: Abbey Miller ’22 and Magdalena Miller ’22
 

Level 3: Ashley Escobar ’22
 

Level 4: Andrew Amygdalos ’20 and Sofia Angarita ’22