Grade 3 Spanish Students at Cedar Hill Prep Earn Top Honors in National Spanish Challenge

Twenty Cedar Hill Preparatory School third graders achieved a perfect score in this year's National Spanish Challenge — a nationwide competition testing language proficiency, vocabulary, and comprehension among elementary students.

The class dominated the results. The majority earned Bronze Ribbon recognition for Outstanding Achievement, while one student, Jason Austin, earned an Orange Ribbon for Excellent Achievement.

Bronze Ribbon — Perfect Score (60/60): Amin Arif, Anvay Bobade, Ayla Trottini, Caleb Chung, Ibrahim Khan, Ishanvi Komatireddy, Joey Mackintosh, Kayla Kapoor, Kaiss Maksad, Kiyaan Singh, Liam Lee, Leela Puthumana, Mila Patel, Niya Jithin, Omar Aman, Philip Fefey, Richard Callan, Shivam Agarwala, Samantha Paden, and Zareena Usman

Bronze Ribbon — Outstanding Achievement: Shanaya Shah, Adhvik Arun, Lirthika Prabhakaran, Rafael De Silva, Christian Ganthier, Nidhi Parram, Ayaan Kumar, Anay Patel, Dean Paden, Inaaya Gupta, and Mason Bigos

Orange Ribbon — Excellent Achievement: Jason Austin

Awards will be formally presented in June at Cedar Hill Prep's annual Celebration of Achievements.

Cedar Hill Preparatory School is a Preschool to 8 International Baccalaureate Candidate school at 152 Cedar Grove Lane, Somerset, NJ. Now enrolling for 2026–2027. Visit cedarhillprep.com or call 732-356-5400 ext. 32.