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title: 117 Friends Academy Students Earn National Language Exam Recognition
description: On the 2021 National Language Exams, 117 Friends Academy students earned recognition for their scores.
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# [117 Friends Academy Students Earn National Language Exam Recognition](https://www.friendsacademy.org/news/117-friends-academy-students-earn-national-language-exam-recognition)

 Written by [Andrea Miller](https://www.friendsacademy.org/news/author/amiller) | Jul 1, 2021 6:30:00 PM

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

 

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