Collegeville Residents Attain National Recognition in German and Spanish

Thirty-Five area Devon Prep students recently attained national recognition for excellent performances on the National German Examinations and the National Spanish Examinations, the school announced in a press release, earning gold, silver and bronze medals or honorable mention.

The National German Exam is administered each year to nearly 22,000 high school students in second, third and fourth level German across the country. The National Spanish Examinations are the most widely used tests of Spanish in the United States. More than 160,000 students participated in 2016.

The German Awardees are: Sophomores Liam Stevenson of Newtown Square and Akul Naik of Phoenixville and Junior Dan O’Connor of Broomall who earned silver awards and Sophomores Thomas Brower of Kimberton and Benjamin Kilroy of King of Prussia who earned bronze awards.

The Spanish Awardees include Gold Award winners - Freshmen Andre Tiglao of King of Prussia and Luke Tyrell of Collegeville, Sophomores Matthew O’Brien of Havertown, Jacob Pabia of Phoenixville, Daniel Redmond of West Chester, and Charles Hallinan of Lansdowne, Juniors Michael Bonfiglio of Collegeville and Benjamin Lubker of West Chester, and Seniors Christopher Carpenter of Newtown Square, Alexandru Damian of Audubon and Shyamal Patel of Norristown.Silver Award Winners - Freshmen Colman Egan of Berwyn and Matthew Mallon of Aldan, Sophomore Ryan Klauder of Phoenixville, Juniors Luke Farnsworth of Royersford, Matthew Fasullo of Phoenixville, and Jacob Klick of Wynnewood and Senior John Parkinson of Springfield.

Bronze Award Winners - Freshmen Raymond Belden of Wynnewood, Luke Grycewicz of Phoenixville, and Sophomore Joshua Jose of Media.Those students receiving Honors include Freshmen Andrew Czachor of Newtown Square, George Kweder of Norristown, Christopher Muth of West Chester, Nicholas Bello of Collegeville, Sophomores Stephen Klauder of Phoenixville, Luke Piontek of Royersford, Jake Ringiewicz of West Chester, Aidan Voorhees of Broomall and Senior Justin Hennessy of Paoli.

The National German Exam (http://www.aatg.org/), now in its 55th year, provides individual diagnostic feedback, rewards students through an extensive prize program, and creates a sense of accomplishment. Exam results provide a means of comparing students in all regions of the country, as well as programmatic data provided to help inform curricular decisions. Exam results are among the criteria used in selecting the recipients of chapter awards and the national AATG/PAD Study Trip Awards, a four-week study trip program in Germany.

The National Spanish Exams are standardized assessment tools for Grades 6 -12, given voluntarily by over 3800 teachers throughout the United States to measure proficiency and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language. They are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.