2011-2012 Student Awards
During the 2011-2012 school year, Rippowam Cisqua students competed in some of the most rigorous and prestigious academic competitions in the country, and they earned numerous awards at the local and national levels.
In May, eight students in seventh, eighth, and ninth grades placed in the top ten rankings of the Westchester New York Chapter of Le Grand Concours, the National French Contest sponsored by the American Association of French Teachers. Five of these students also placed in the top ten National rankings and earned medals.
In the spring, 21 Rippowam Cisqua students earned awards for their performance on the National Spanish Examination, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish.
In March, eight seventh graders and eight eighth graders received awards for their performance on the National Latin Exam, sponsored by The American Classical League and The Junior Classical League.
During the course of the 2011-2012 school year, Rippowam Cisqua students won 47 writing awards. This list of accomplished Rippwriters includes 28 students who earned awards from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program, the most prestigious and longest-running student art and writing contest in the world. Two Rippwriters earned Regional Gold Key awards, nine Rippwriters earned Regional Silver Key awards, and seventeen Rippwriters earned Honorable Mentions.
Congratulations to each of our student award winners and their teachers on a wonderfully successful year! To see a full list of award recipients, and to read more about each award, please click
HERE.
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