Friends Upper Schoolers Shine on 2011 Foreign Language Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2011

Baltimore, MD—At the 2011 Upper School Foreign Language Awards assemblies this spring, the following Friends Upper School students were recognized for their outstanding performance on the French, Russian, Spanish and Latin National Exams. Participation in the national foreign language exams is optional. Friends School students elect to take them on their own time.

Latin

More than 149,000 students from the U.S. and 13 foreign countries participated in this year’s National Latin Exam Five Friends School Latin students earned national recognition for their efforts”

• Level 1
  • Elizabeth Causey ’14, Cum Laude
  • Caroline Hardie ’14, Cum Laude
  • Ethan Greene ’14, Silver Medal, Maxima Cum Laude
• Level 2
  • Giorgio Caturegli ’14, Gold Medal, Summa Cum Laude
• Level 3
  • Nicoletti Frank’13, Magna Cum Laude

French

Nearly 100,000 students from the U.S. and abroad competed in the National French Contest, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students in the top 80th percentile earn Certificats d’Honneur and students in the top 50th percentile earn a Certificat de Réussite. In addition, several Friends students distinguished themselves by earning top-ten rankings in the state of Maryland.

• Level 1
  • Drew Vogelsang ‘12, 10th place
• Level 2
  • Augie Calabresi ‘14, 8th
  • Jack Baer ‘14, 10th
  • Santiago Loane ‘14, 10th
• Level 3
  • Theo Epstein ’13, 7th
  • Giorgio Caturegli ‘14, 8th
  • Molly Green ’13, 10th
• Level 4
  • Ana Garcia-Moreno ’13, 3rd
  • Cedric Charlier ’13, 8th
  • Alice Walker ‘12, 8th
  • Michael Rudow ‘12, 10th
• Level 5
  • Miles Calabresi ‘11, 3rd
  • Indira Chakravarti ‘11, 9th

Spanish

“Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with 140,373 students participating in 2011.”

• Level 1
  • Gold: Claire Vernon ‘13
  • Silver: Meg Conner ‘14, Tuira Van de Graaf ‘14
  • Honorable mentions: Isabel Blalock ‘14, Attie Carnell ‘14, Eric Edelstein ‘14, Kamil Essien ‘14
• Level 2
  • Gold: Lauren Eller ‘14, Sarah Miller ‘14
  • Silver: Sam Johnson, Amy Lieber ‘14, Julia Mann ‘14
  • Honorable mentions: Willem Beeson ‘14, Grace Hand ‘14, Alex Howard ‘14
• Level 3
  • Gold: Nico Binford `13
  • Silver: Reed Thayer ‘13
  • Bronze: Colin Fowler ‘13, Jenni Kneebone ‘13, Kaitlin Palmer `13, Rebecca Handa ‘13
  • Honorable Mention: Kira Brock ’13, Will Davis ’13, Connor Finn ’13, Molly Farrugia ’13, Emma Remsberg ’13
• Level 4
  • Gold: Alicia Allen, Miles Calabresi
  • Sliver: Eve Gillison ‘12, Alex Schulick ‘12          
  • Bronze: Annie George, Gabriela Roberts ‘12, Asher Robbins-Rothman ‘12, Suzannah Samuel ‘12 
  • Honorable Mention: Marisa Dunn ‘12, Will McAllen ‘12, Declan Meagher ‘12, Sarah Wallack ‘12
• Level 5
  • Honorable Mention: Courtney Anderson ‘11, Ashley Geleta ‘11, Luke Kresslein ‘12

Russian

Russian students take part in two contests—the National Russian Essay Contest in the fall, and the Maryland Olympiada of Spoken Russian in the spring. Here are this year’s results.

National Russian Essay Contest

• Beginner (Level 2)
  • Gold: Claudia Deitch ‘14
  • Silver: Anson Sidle ‘14, Caleb Brooks ‘14, Elizabeth Causey ‘14
  • Bronze: Graeme McGuire ‘13, Courtney Moscardi ‘13, Ashley Applefeld ‘14, Chloe Feldberg ‘14, Zachary Spawn ‘14, Jana Ventura ‘14, Adrienne Jankowski ’14, Andrew Kirkpatrick ‘14, Nathan Leach ‘14
• Intermediate (Level 3)
  • Gold: Roshan Rao ‘13
  • Silver: Ben Musachio ‘13
  • Bronze: Jamie Batho ‘13, Alex Brooks ‘12, Nick Deignan ‘13
• Advanced (Levels 4 and 5)
  • Gold: Ani Wong ‘11
  • Silver: Paul Orrson ‘12, Abby Preston ‘12, David Mundschenk ’11, Jonathon Loewenberg ’11, Nicholas London ’11, Katya Spitznagel ‘12, Leland Sidle ’11, Jackson Toole ’11
  • Bronze: Grant Everett ‘12, Lucy Klein ‘12, Sam Chase, Kelvin Jerry, Jonathon Schmidt, Ingrid Sundstrom ‘12, Dalton White ‘12

Maryland Olympiada of Spoken Russian

• Level 2 
  • Gold: Chloe Feldberg ’14, Caleb Brooks ‘14
  • Silver: Elizabeth Causey ’14, Nathan Leach ‘14
  • Bronze: Graeme McGuire, Andrew Kirkpatrick ’14, Adrienne Jankowski ’14, Ashley Applefeld ‘14 
• Level 3
  • Gold: Roshan Rao ‘13, Ben Musachio ‘13
  • Silver: Alex Brooks ‘12                                                 
  • gd: Jamie Batho ‘13, Dan Kannen ‘13
• Level 4 
  • Gold: Paul Orrson ‘12
  • Silver: Abby Preston ‘12
  • Bronze: Grant Everett ‘12         

 

 

Now in its 226th year, Friends School of Baltimore is an independent, college preparatory school for boys and girls age four through grade 12. Rooted in the enduring values of the Quakers, the School is committed to providing a balanced education and developing in each student a vigorous intellect and the habits of a peaceful heart.