18 Students Earn National Spanish Exam Honors!

Spanish teachers Elizabeth McComas and Archer Davis Monday recognized 18 students for  their outstanding performance on the National Spanish Examination administered earlier this year."This is a tremendous showing by our students," said Ms. McComas, who will chair the Foreign Language Department next year. "It's wonderful to have so many students achieve recognition."

Sophomore Olivia S. earned the highest honor, "Premio de Oro" or Gold Prize, awarded to those who score in the 95th percentile or better nationwide. Olivia was in the 98th percentile among Spanish III students with outside experience all over the U.S.. Freshmen Lilly MacDonald and Alicia H. earned Premio de Plata (Silver) and Premio de Bronce (Bronze), respectively, in Spanish I. Lilly scored in the 93rd  percentile, missing the Gold cutoff by just two percentage points, and Alicia was was in the top 25th percent.

Another 15 students earned Mención Honorífica (Honorable Mention) for being in the 50th-74th percentile in their levels. Please click below to see those language stars!

The National Spanish Exam is designed by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. More than 100,000 students took this on-line test this year. From those results, a national average score (aka the 50th percentile) was established and students who scored better than this average, falling into a higher percentile, received honors.