Hvrhs Spanish students receive top honors

FALLS VILLAGE » A group of 15 World Language students from Housatonic Valley Regional High School have attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2017 National Spanish Examinations (NSE).

The Gold Medal winner is sophomore Victor Flores for Level 3. Victor scored at the 99th percentile nationally. The Silver Medal winner is sophomore Marijke Stiffler for Level 3. Marijke scored at the 91st percentile nationally. The Bronze Medal winners are sophomores Lindsey Clark and Jeffrey Palmer for Level 2. Lindsey scored at the 76th percentile and Jeffrey scored at the 81st percentile nationally.

The following eleven students attained Honorable Mention for scoring at or above the 50th percentile nationally. Level 2 Grade 9: Valerie Lenis, Marin Montoya and Tifanny Munoz Arango. Level 3 Grade 10: Matthew Lopes, Donovan McCray, Sebastian Munoz Arango, and Maebel Spencer.

Grade 11: Nicholas SubyBrown Level 5 Grade 12: Grace Beddingfield, Paris Beddingfield, and Kyra Cullerton.

These young people are to be commended for their enthusiasm and dedication to language study. Their teachers, Mrs. Tristana Nuñez and Ms. Rosemarie Nanni are very proud of them.

The mission of the NSE is to recognize student achievement and to promote language proficiency in the study of Spanish. The National Spanish Examinations, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, have been administered since 1957 and are given voluntarily by over 3800 teachers throughout the United States to students in Grades 6-12. All students are evaluated in the areas of Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading, and Listening Comprehension.