Middle and Upper School students receive top honors in national language exams

On Monday, June 2 following morning assembly, the Friends Academy World Language and Cultures Department recognized students who received honors in the National Language Exam for the 2024-25 school year. Each year, students take an exam in their chosen discipline – Spanish, French, Chinese, or Latin – and are recognized for their outstanding performance with either a Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal.

This year, a total of 113 Friends Academy Middle and Upper School students were recognized. 32 middle school students earned medals in Spanish, French, and Chinese, and 81 Upper School students received awards in Spanish, French, Chinese, and Latin. 

Upper School Awards

Top Honors

Students who medaled in two languages:

• Eleanor Lawton Flatters '26, French and Latin
• Jules François-Hein '28, French and Spanish
• Violet Montanez '28, French and Spanish 

Students who achieved a 99-percentile ranking in the nation

• Aidan Lloves '26, Spanish Level 6
• Lisali Peiris '27, Spanish Level 3
• Alexandra Lustig '27, Spanish Level 3 

Student who received a "Perfect Paper Certificate" in Latin

• Eleanor Lawton Flatters '26

French AATF Grand Concours Winners – 14 Total Awards

Students of Dr. Martin Wilson

• Caspar Abbott – Level 3, Silver
• Eleanor Lawton Flatters – Level 4, Silver
• Harper Phipps – Level 4, Silver
• Isaiah Lee  – Level 3, Silver
• Sharon Chen – Level 3, Silver

• Brady Wong – Level 3, Bronze

• Jules François-Hein – Level 4, Bronze

• Rory Vogel – Level 3, Bronze

• Taylor Fernandez – Level 5, Bronze

Students of Dr. Polly Duke, French 2 Honors Class

• Dylan Moritz – Level 2, Silver

• Steven Seviroli – Level 2, Silver

• Jeremy Ross – Level 2, Bronze

• Violet Montanez – Level 2, Bronze

• Ella Woods – Level 2, Bronze

Latin Awards – 4 Total Awards

Students of Dr. Matt Davison

• Bryan Bin – Gold (Summa Cum Laude)
• Eleanor Lawton Flatters – Gold (Summa Cum Laude) and Perfect Paper Certificate
• Charlotte Yanke – Gold (Summa Cum Laude)
• Audrey Woods – Honorable Mention (Cum Laude)

National Spanish Exam – 42 Total Awards

Students of Edgar Posada

• Lisali Peiris – Gold and 99th Percentile at Top 1% in the nation, Level 3
• Kevin Yu – Gold, Level 3
• Jack Costagiola – Gold, Level 3
• Sebastian Martinez – Gold, Level 4
• Natalie Satavia – Gold, Level 4
• Violet Montanez – Silver, Level 3
• Christopher DeNatale – Silver, Level 3
• Aleena Zaidi – Silver, Level 3
• Stefan Pappas – Silver, Level 3
• Shay Durrett – Silver, Level 3
• Michael Sharifov – Silver, Level 3
• Carlos Hernandez – Silver, Level 4
• Joselin Reyes – Silver, Level 4
• Dylan Leon – Silver, Level 4
• Charles Nevin – Silver, Level 4
• Mason Linken – Silver, Level 4
• Mircea Manu – Silver, Level 4
• Taylor Price – Silver, Level 4
• Daren Zhong – Silver, Level 4
• Layla Marcus – Bronze, Level 3
• Sienna Edgar – Bronze, Level 3
• Abby Lenehan – Bronze, Level 3
• Sydney Wang – Bronze, Level 3
• Emma Slonmin – Bronze, Level 4
• Naina Narula – Bronze, Level 4
• Jacob Kim – Bronze, Level 4
• Pia Jauhar – Bronze, Level 4

Students of Rút Lloves

• Alexandra Lustig – Gold and 99th Percentile at Top 1% in the nation, Level 2
• Kyle Chen – Gold, Level 2
• Oliver Moodie – Gold, Level 2
• Brett Schaffner – Gold, Level 2
• Samuel Shorr – Gold, Level 2
• Evelyn Saunders – Silver, Level 2
• Hannah Huang – Silver, Level 2
• Meghan Symone – Silver, Level 2
• Brad Zak – Bronze, Level 2
• Ella Korn – Bronze, Level 2
• Samuel Cohen – Bronze, Level 2
• Aidan Lloves – Gold and 99th Percentile at Top 1% in the nation, Level 6
• Jhanvi Gambhir – Silver, Level 6

Students of Carlos Diaz

• Jules François-Hein – Silver, Level 1
• Declan Taylor – Silver, Level 1
• Lexie Lipton – Bronze, Level 1

Chinese Language Award Winners of HSK – 21 Total Awards, each student received a gold medal. Scores ranged from 93-100%

Students of Ms. Harry Yang

• Emily Lu – Gold, Level 4
• Arielle Roberts – Gold, Level 3
• Amanda Gimbel – Gold, Level 3
• Jaime Yeung – Gold, Level 3
• Ross Yablans – Gold, Level 3
• Diane Qiu – Gold, Level 3
• Persephone Reeves – Gold, Level 3
• Lyra-Ann Ku – Gold, Level 3
• Christina Grasso – Gold, Level 3
• Reagan Ward – Gold, Level 3
• Julian Yang – Gold, Level 2
• Lucy Miller – Gold, Level 2
• Ava Jaklitsch – Gold, Level 2
• Crystal Mendoza – Gold, Level 2
• Vir Vinnay Singh – Gold, Level 2
• Chris Tsiolis – Gold, Level 2
• Aidan Lee – Gold, Level 1
• Bobby Li – Gold, Level 1
• Sydney Brown – Gold, Level 1
• Harlan Nathel – Gold, Level 1
• Cameron Eigen – Gold, Level 1

Middle School Awards

French AATF Grand Concours Winners

Students of Mrs. Claire François

• Olivia Hang – Silver, Level 1/MS2
• Tommy Dorego – Bronze, Level 01/MS1
• Sophia Fan – Bronze, Level 01/MS1
• Andrew Mccrain – Bronze, Level 01/MS1
• Charlotte Natow – Bronze Level 01/MS1
• Robert Szczurowski – Bronze, 01/MS1

National Spanish Exam Award Winners

Students of Mr. Thomas Doran

• Gracian Mariwalla – Gold
• Hayden Penn – Gold
• Wallace Nevin – Gold
• Maddie Mott – Gold
• Andrew Mu – Silver
• Elena Martin – Silver
• Isabella Martinez – Silver
• Layla Hamid – Silver
• Marley Bergstein – Silver
• Myra Narula – Silver
• Jaya Gambhir – Silver
• Ava Mirabolfathinejad – Silver
•  Judah Weinstein – Silver
• Ally Gallo – Silver
• Brooks Barkoff – Bronze
• Hudson Lee – Bronze
• London Johnson – Bronze
• Franci Foresta-Carraro – Bronze
• Savannah Ross – Bronze
• Kylan Mariwalla – Bronze
• Gabby Wright – Bronze

National Chinese Exam Award Winners

Students of Ms. Jie Dai

• Calla Jin – Gold, YCT 3
• Steven Yang – Gold, YCT 3
• Charlotte Yeung – Gold, YCT 3
• Arden Eigen – Gold, YCT 2
• Aman Jaiswal – Gold, YCT 2
• Maya Gupta – Gold, YCT 2
• Matthew Hudak – Silver, YCT 2