St. Timothy Middle Schools Tops in Foreign Language

St. Timothy Middle School Tops in Foreign Language

Last month, under the instruction of our Foreign Language Teachers, Mrs. Kath Thomsen, French and Mrs. Katie Katzman, Spanish, our 7th and 8th graders participated in the national exams for their respective language study.

The National French contest, Le Grand Concours, is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students in grades 1-12, in all 50 states and abroad, take a test combining audio and written skills to compete against students with similar educational backgrounds for prizes. Around 75,000 students completed in the 2018 event. Students at Saint Timothy Middle School took the Level 1 test in March and results are as follows.

In the eighth grade over 18,000 students participated in the test. Lucy Benoit, Grace Flynn, Brianna LeBrun, Mia Porcello and Page Warren scored in the 95th percentile and were awarded Gold Medals. Scoring in the 85th or 90th percentile, the Silver Award winners were Roland Barnes, Brooke Barry, Ashley Casciani, Ashleigh Liu, Ryan Murphy and Oliver Roy. Bronze Medal winners who scored in the 75th to 80th percentile were Douglas Doyle and Charlotte Olin. Finally, those students scoring in 50th to 70th percentile and earning an Honorable Mention were Reagan Baker, Caitlin David, Megan Noone and Jervis Nunez.

Five thousand students took the Level 01 test and Saint Timothy seventh graders were also recognized in this category. Olivia Montminy was our sole Gold Medal winner. Earning Bronze Medals were Thomas Baldini, Margaret Devlin, Caroline Keating, and Owen Macary. Four students received Honorable Mention status: Cory Alissi, Lily Clemens, Gwendolyn Hegarty and Olivia Newhouse.

Also this past March, for the first time, St. Timothy Middle School competed in the National Spanish Exam. The National Spanish Exam is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and is available to students in grades 6-12 in all 50 states. Our 7th and 8th grade students took part in the National Spanish Exam on different levels 7th graders took level 01 and 8th graders took level 1. The test is comprised of 2 parts: an audio portion and an assessment of student's written skills. The test is devised so that students can compete against other students of the same educational background for prizes and recognition. According to Kevin Cessna-Buscemi National Director of the Exams,"Attaining a medal or honorable mention on the National Spanish Exam is very prestigious because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States".

Congratulations to several St. Timothy Middle School students who have attained recognition for outstanding performance on the 2018 National Spanish Examinations. The Gold Prize Medals go to eighth graders Samantha Serafin, who scored in the 99th percentile and Grace Morganthaler who scored in the 95th. The Silver Medal champions were Morgan Murphy and Cecilia Davis. Seventh grader Julianna Hernandez scored 93% in the Bilingual category level 01 bringing her the Silver medal as well.

Students whose scores ranked between the 75th%-84th% distinguished them as Bronze Medal recipients. These students are as follows: Erin Shea, Nuala Nolan, Madison Montgomery, and Lily Borowiec.

Finally, congratulations go to those awarded Honorable Mention for their performance on the National Spanish Exam. The Honorable Mention award goes to students whose scores fall within the 50th -74th percentile nationally. In 8th grade this recognition goes to Jessica Pinckney and Will Chien and in grade 7 to Charlotte Nolan and Emily Castro.

All of us at St. Timothy Middle School are so proud of all these students!