117 Friends Academy Students Earn National Language Exam Recognition

This year, Friends Academy students once again had great success in National Language Exams, showcasing the prowess of our World Languages & Cultures department. A total of 117 students earned awards, including 16 gold honors. 

Eight students earned recognition in multiple exams: 
Kidder Bacon (Gold, Latin III; Gold, French V; Gold, Spanish IV)
Dakota Bruderman (Gold, Latin II; Silver, Spanish III)
Henry Davison (Bronze, Latin III; Gold, French II)
William Gokey (Silver, Latin II; Silver, French II)
Kate Juhel (Silver, Latin II; Bronze, French II)
Senuli Peiris (Silver, French II; Gold, Spanish III; Gold, Spanish II)
Arianna Quan-Soon-Victor (Bronze, Introductory Latin; Bronze, French II)
Melanie Schwab (Silver, Latin II; Honorable Mention, French II)

Henry Davison was celebrated by the New York Métropolitain Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), earning the region’s highest score on the French 2 exam. He also received a bronze honor on the Latin III exam. 

Kidder Bacon accomplished the remarkable feat of earning gold in three high-level exams as just a tenth grader. 

Senuli Peiris, a ninth grader, started learning Spanish online during the summer of 2020. She made it into Spanish 2 Honors just two months later and took both the Spanish 2 and 3 exams, receiving gold in both. In addition, she earned a silver award on the French 2 exam.

Awards for each National Language Exam are based on the annual national average for each exam. For the National French and Spanish exams, gold awards are given to those that score at or above the 95th percentile. Silver represents the 85th-94th percentiles; bronze is 75th-84th percentile; and honorable mention is the 50th-74th percentiles, with the 50th percentile representing the national average.

Latin Awards

Post-AP-Latin IV

Honorable Mention (Cum Laude)
Ludovico Monti

Latin III

Gold
Kidder Bacon

Silver
Isabella DiMeo 

Bronze (Magna cum Laude)
Henry Davison

Latin 2/Advanced Introductory Latin 2

Gold
Dakota Bruderman 

Silver
William Gokey
Kate Juhel
Melanie Schwab 

Bronze (Magna cum Laude)
Charlotte Semlies
Austin Notaris

Introductory Latin

Gold
Angelica Otto

Silver
Julia Garfin
Avery Davis

Bronze (Magna cum Laude)
Arianna Quan-Soon-Victor

Honorable Mention (Cum Laude)
Summer Schore 

National French Exam

French 5

Gold
Kidder Bacon

Bronze
Alexandra Cadet

French 4

Honorable Mention
David Cooper-Boyce
Erica Schwartz

French 3

Gold
Olivia Carden

Silver
Rachel Na
Tina Tang

Bronze
Meg Gilles
Alexa Moschetto

Honorable Mention
Emma Daniels
Theoni Hiotis
Samantha O’Brien
Liv Prestandrea
Kat Vice
Jordan Wolf

French 2

Gold
Henry Davison

Silver
William Gokey
Eleni Pappas
Senuli Peiris

Bronze
Kate Juhel
Evalia Koumpourlis
Sam Laserson
Arianna Quan-Soon-Victor

Honorable Mention
Clementine Constantino
Noah Goldman
Melanie Schwab

National Spanish Exam

Spanish 5

Silver
William Hunter

Bronze
AJ Hoyt
Mariana Posada 

Honorable Mention
Teddy Grace
Deremy Leon

Spanish 4

Gold
Kidder Bacon
Srishti Bansal
John Jervis
Joshua Sukoff

Silver
Mohan Jauhar

Bronze
Lilah Donnelly
Emma Goldblatt
Adrianna Lloves
Savannah Mahmud

Honorable Mention
Nathaniel Chen
Harrison Bruderman
Olivia Como
Vincenzo Fodera
Sean Johnson
Riley Lima
Madison O'Sullivan
Taylor Overstrom
Lauren Pasquale
Brandon Rokhsar
Erick Almendares 

Spanish 3

Gold
Senuli Peiris
Isabella Sha
Ryan Sharifov

Silver
Dakota Bruderman
Michael Busch
Justin Kelly

Bronze
William Bystrom
Olivia Carden
Jacob Herman
Anabelle Marcus
Benjamin Martin
Serena Saad
Richard Wang

Honorable Mention
Anika Bhatia
Josh Chen
Skylar Cohen
Zachary Cohen
Charles Englander
Paris Panagopoulos
Ali Stein
Ava Silverstein
Dylan Rorech
Neha Sarwal
Alistair Wright
Angelica Otto
Ashley Reyes 
Konrad Schwarz  

Spanish 2

Gold
Angelica Dileo
Julia Garfin
Annika Lobo
Senuli Pieris
Alex Wachsman

Silver
Mika Benabraham
Augustine Schuitemaker-March
Eva Sun
Dafna Jakubiak

Bronze
Ronin Zador
Lucas Edward
Cassian Gerasimenko
Kiki Grace
Shamik Gupta
Dylan Shore
Cara Soscie
CJ Williams
Diya Basra

Honorable Mention
Julian Corn
Jack Estrella
Campbell Florence
William Green
Teddy Kempner
Julia Lubliner
Maya Morey
Nicholas Nyitray
John O’Sullivan
Thomas Posillico
Jakob Rechtweg
Joseph Selby
Theresa Yu
Giuliana Berritto

Spanish 1

Honorable Mention
Massimo DiLeo
Rebecca Veronese