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Middle School students score top honors in national language exams

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Forty Friends Academy Middle School students scored exemplary honors in their national language exams, including six gold medals and 10 silver medals for the National Spanish Examination, National French Examination, and the YCT Exam (National Chinese Language exam). Thousands of students participate in the national exams yearly.

Friends Academy Award winners:

National Spanish Examination

Gold

  • Ryder Marcus
  • Stefan Pappas
  • Lisali Peiris
  • Christopher DeNatale
  • Damian Balkcom

Silver

  • Kevin Yu
  • Leo Jakubiak
  • Evelyn Saunders

Bronze

  • Sydney Wang
  • Dylan Schefter
  • Eric Ha

Honorable Mention

  • Josh Bornstein
  • Kyla Agulnick
  • Drayer Lane
  • Brad Zak
  • Rohan Basra
  • Ella Korn
  • Stevie Lynn
  • Brett Schaffner
  • Max Doroszczyk
  • Eyan Valadez
  • Electra Kazanas
  • Layla Marcus
  • Holly Marcell
  • John Tsiolias

YCT Exam (National Chinese Examination)

Gold

  • Lucy Miller

Silver

  • Aiden Lee
  • Julian Yang
  • Cameron Eigen
  • Bobby Lee

French National Examination

Silver

  • Sharon Chen
  • Isaiah Lee
  • Rory Vogel

Bronze

  • Nate Prybutok
  • Steven Seviroli

Honorable Mentions

  • Remon Cao
  • Violet Montanez
  • Jeremy Ross
  • Ella Woods
  • Kimi Zhang

 

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