Congratulations to our Spanish, French and Latin students, who together earned 58 medals on the recent national language exams. St. Michael students also received 46 “honorable mentions.”
Of those winning medals, 10 qualified for the highest award, “gold medalist.” Of particular note is Cameron Blanchard, who scored as gold medalist for both Spanish III and French I. On the French I exam, Cameron ranked first in the state of Alabama and tied for the third highest score nationally!
“For a school of our size to have over 100 medalists or honorable mentions on a national exam is really a remarkable achievement,” comments St. Michael principal Faustin Weber. “It’s a real tribute to our students, to the program, and to the excellent instruction they’re receiving from Mrs. Lindley, Mrs. Smith, Miss Miller and Mr. Scimeca. We’re very proud of what’s happening with our foreign language program.”
All students at St. Michael take two years of language as part of the graduation requirements for the school. Many take a third or fourth year.
Here are the lists of winners:
National Spanish Exam Medalists
Español 1
Oro (Gold) Plata (Silver) Bronce (Bronze)
Patrick Zitnik Fatima Domínguez Britton Cooper
Olivia McAleer Abby González
Kaitlin Mixon Recely Jones
Caroline Nickelson James Marlowe
Will Ramsay Ariana Nagle
Camila Torres Juliet Petruzelli
Sara Beth Treutel Mary Ella Scroggie
Gwyneth Vogler Michael Taylor
Español 2
Oro (Gold) Plata (Silver) Bronce (Bronze)
Trista Black Amanda Barfield Paige Hatfield
Andrew Fouty Claire Blythe Connor Heller
Jake Kokoszka Noah Calvery Maggie Helton
Gus Mitchell Ed Cowles Gary Ickes
Millie Ollinger Emma McBane Bailey Kelly
Vanessa Smith Anna Claire Potier
Lexie Raper
Español 3
Oro (Gold) Plata (Silver)
Cameron Blanchard Nick Berrios
Rebekah Schott LG Dragons
Mary Ford
Betty Hemby
Molly Mavrakos
Hayden Northcutt
Valeria Perez
Raleigh Singleton
Español 4
Oro (Gold) Plato (Silver)
Caroline Zitnik Virginia Hannahan
Gia Vollmer
Honorable Mention
Español 1 Español 2 Español 3 Español 4
Luke Berrios Ben Adamski Audrey Bailey Graham Canton
Mary Byrne Callahan Katie Berry Laurel Barker Maggie Lollis
Andrew Corbett Ryan Brown Sydney Barter
Henry Dirmeyer Connor Haynes Jeremy Del Angel
Margaret Loegler Lydia Hoodless Laura Eskenazi
Joseph McAleer Erin Koster
CC McDonald Anna McBane
Adam Polczynski Isaac McBane
Graham Roh Noah Nelson
Kannon Seals Lane Raley
Abby Smith Kinsey Smith
Ann Lyles Tapscott Sam Volovecky
Ava Tobiassen Sam Swanson
Sydney Wilhelm OG Wallace
Conner Wood Gabrielle Yenewine
National French Exam Medalists
French I
Cameron Blanchard—gold
Mary Ford—silver
Andrew Fouty—silver
Gabrielle Eslava—bronze
Zoie Givens—bronze
Griffin Mahoney—bronze
Sara Kate Sligh—bronze
Emily Taylor—bronze
French Honorable Mention:
Connor Cherry
Lilli Eslava
Evelyn Livaudais WardLachlan Mcaloon
Katie Ray
Connor Robitaille
Jessica Barfield
Latin II Medalists:
Sara Kate Sligh--"maxima cum laude" (silver)
John Michael Davis--"maximum cum laude" (silver)
Andres Christensen--"cum laude"