DEVON, PA – Nearly 60 Devon Preparatory School students earned awards in the 2017 National French Contest, National Spanish Examinations, and National German Exams recently, the school said.
All of these exams offer gold, silver and bronze awards as well as honorable mentions.
Seven students were recognized for their achievement in the National French Contest. They are:
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SILVER
- Junior Austin Cozzone of Springfield
- Junior Jamie Lorgus of West Chester
HONORABLE MENTION
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- Junior Caelan Coyne of West Chester
- Sophomores Brendan Kelly of Wayne Kyle Kilroy of Phoenixville
- Sophomore Seamus Slattery of Havertown
- Freshman Daniel Fotzeu of King of Prussia
The National French Contest/ Le Grand Concours is open to French students in grades one through 12 in all 50 states and abroad, the school said.
Students take a written test and compete against students with similar educational backgrounds for prizes. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded to students who rank in the 75th to 95th percentile nationally. Students in the 50th to 70th percentiles receive an honorable mention. Nearly 21,000 students were eligible for awards in 2017.
Thirty-two students earned awards in the National Spanish Examinations.
They are:
GOLD
- Senior Benjamin Lubker of West Chester
- Junior Jacob Pabia of Phoenixville
- Junior Daniel Redmond of West Chester
- Junior Frank Byrd of West Chester
- Junior Charles Hallinan of Lansdowne
- Sophomore Luke Tyrell of Collegeville
- Freshman Pat McCann of Springfield
SILVER
- Senior Michael Bonfiglio of Collegeville
- Senior Matthew Fasullo of Phoenixville
- Junior Matthew O’Brien of Havertown
- Sophomore Andrew Czachor of Newtown Square
- Sophomore Andrew Dychdala of Phoenixville
- Sophomore Colman Egan of Berwyn
- Freshman Nicholas Crowe of Berwyn
- Freshman Liam Cotter Collegeville
- Freshman Casimir Szupica of Malvern
BRONZE
- Junior Lucas Piontek of Royersford
- Sophomore Patrick Coleman of Lansdale
- Sophomore Luke Grycewicz of Phoenixville
- Sophomore Matthew Mallon of Collingdale
- Sophomore David Peterson of Malvern
- Freshman Colin White of West Chester
- Freshman Kevin Walton of Berwyn
- Freshman Jack Samms of Wayne
HONORABLE MENTION
- Junior Joshua Jose of Media
- Junior Ryan Klauder of Phoenixville
- Junior Stephen Klauder of Phoenixville
- Junior Luke Wolter of Media
- Sophomore Michael Belden of Wynnewood
- Freshman Carlo Martello of King of Prussia
- Freshman Joseph Castaldi of Phoenixville
- Freshman Kevin Husar of East Norriton
The National Spanish Examinations are a motivational contest to recognize student achievement in the study of Spanish and to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of Spanish, according to the school. The National Spanish Examinations are online, standardized assessment tools for Grades six through 12, given voluntarily by about 4,000 teachers throughout the United States to measure performance and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language.
The 17 Devon Prep students who earned awards in the National German Exam Level I, II and III are:
SILVER & CERTIFICATE
- Junior Ryan Milligan of Drexel Hill
- Sophomore Connor Gazda of Spring City
BRONZE & CERTIFICATE
- Junior Liam Stevenson of Newtown Square
- Sophomore Aidan Good of Wayne
- Freshman Jackson Rossi of Radnor
ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATE
- Junior Ryan Bitting of Broomall
- Junior Tommy Brower of Phoenixville
- Junior Ben Kilroy of King of Prussia
- Junior Akul Naik of Phoenixville
- Junior Mike Pietrafitta of West Chester
- Junior Jay Wilmer of West Chester
- Sophomore Matt Drauschak of Phoenixville
- Sophomore Mark Jiannino of Chester Springs
- Sophomore Sam Klick of Penn Valley
- Sophomore Graham Misko of Berwyn
- Freshman Alex Hardie of Chester Springs
- Seventh Grader Joshua Kerrigan of East Fallowfield
The National German Exam provides individual diagnostic feedback, rewards students through an extensive regional and national prize program, and creates a sense of accomplishment, the school said. Exam results provide teachers a means of comparing students in all regions of the country, as well as programmatic data provided to help inform curricular decisions.
Congratulations to these Devon Prep students!
Pictured above, from left, are Devon Prep French Teacher Gabriela Dokas, Freshman Daniel Fotzeu; Sophomores Seamus Slattery, Brendan Kelly, Kyle Kilroy; Juniors Jamie Lorgus and Austin Cozzone. Not pictured is Junior Caelan Coyne. These students won awards in the National French Contest.
Image via Devon Preparatory School
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