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St. Augustine Prep Recognizes World Language National Exam Placements
Posted May 18th, 2021
WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT – ST. AUGUSTINE PREP – SPRING 2021
The World Languages department recognizes the academic achievement of its students! This year, despite the challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, Latin and Spanish students took part in national standardized tests of student achievement for their respective languages. Latin students took part in the National Latin Exam, an annual achievement test sponsored by the American Classical League. Spanish students took part in the National Spanish Exam, an annual achievement test sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. We are pleased to announce the names of those students whose performance earned awards and special recognition!
Luke Grippo ’24 received a perfect score on the National Latin Exam.
Latin Students Honored
Perfect Score – Cum Honore Maximo Egregio
Luke Grippo
Gold Summa Cum Laude
Luke Grippo
Anthony Tramp
Silver Maxima Cum Laude
Nathaniel Paradela
Brandon Chick
Nate King
Vincent Campanaro
James Haugh
Magna Cum Laude
John Matusiak
Jack Lamborne
Benjamin Cimorelli
Patrick Earnest
Oscar Catanese
Bryson Bugdon
Cum Laude
Patrick Sacco
Ethan Haynes
Tyler Gerst
Evan Mazur
Jared DeMara
Jacob Booth
Spanish Students Honored
Gold Medalist – Scoring at or above 95th percentile of exam participants
Ayden Pullman
Silver medalist – Scoring from the 85th percentile through the 94th.
Robert Galleta
Gavin Reed
Luke Huber
Bronze medalist – Scoring from the 75th percentile through to the 84th.
Jack Foxx
Tim Kubiak
Wheaton Link
Cole Sexton
Trey Shealey
Connor Harbright
The follow students achieved honorable mention:
Level 4 Honorable Mention
Enzo Acosta
Gavin Kim
Level 3 Honorable Mention
Aidan Davis
Matthew Domingo
Matthew Kemenosh
Santino Mesi
Ian More
Ezequiel Ramirez
Jacob Ruchser
Luke Scarpello
Michael Stutman
Ethan Torpey
Level 2 Honorable Mention
Matthew Adams
Nicholas Auer
Matteo Barberio
Ethan Buscher
Nolan Call
Mason Cassady
Dominic Colantuono
Angel Collazo
Aiden Foxx
Alexander Guadalupe
Jack Hansen
Cooper Kane
Jacob Littleton
Andrew Poyas
Jacob Ruske
Timothy Shea
Victor Simmonin
Level 1 Honorable Mention
Connor Bogan
Noah Calderon
Connor Carozza
Antonio Freund
John McAllister
Rudi Nazzareno
Noah Plenn
James Polashock
Zander Rudd
Anthony Santora
Jake Steinhour
Jude Vellaringattu
Ryan Wieland