Students Earn Accolades in French, Latin, and Spanish

During the 2012-2013 school year, Rippowam Cisqua School students competed in some of the most rigorous and prestigious French, Latin, and Spanish language contests in the country, and several students earned local and national recognition for their strong performances. 
 
French Awards
Each year, The American Association of French Teachers sponsors the National French Contest known as Le Grand Concours. Nearly 100,000 students across the United States competed in the contest in 2013 and, in Westchester alone, more than 1,100 students competed. In May, eight Rippowam Cisqua students in seventh, eighth, and ninth grades placed in the top ten rankings of the Westchester, New York Chapter. Six of these students also placed in the top ten National rankings. The RCS students who placed among the top ten in Westchester and/or nationally are:
 
Seventh grade students
Hannah Buckley – eighth in Westchester
Isabella Giammalva – ninth in Westchester
 
Eighth grade students
Michael Badey – tenth in Westchester; tenth in the Nation
Maia Bernstein – tenth in Westchester; tenth in the Nation
Sahra Denner – fourth in Westchester; fourth in the Nation
Lily Fauver – tenth in Westchester; tenth in the Nation
 
Ninth grade students
Aaron Casella – seventh in Westchester; eighth in the Nation
Natalie Harrington – sixth in Westchester; seventh in the Nation
 
Latin Awards
For nearly four decades, Latin students have devoted the second week of March to the National Latin Exam, an exam set under the sponsorship of The American Classical League and The Junior Classical League. The exam is given at seven levels, and Rippowam Cisqua students sit for three of those levels. In 2013, nearly 150,000 students from around the country, and countless more students from around the world, sat for the exam. At Rippowam Cisqua, seventh graders participate in the Introductory Level exam, eighth graders participate in the Latin IB exam, and ninth graders take the Level II exam.  

In the 7th grade, on the Introductory Latin Exam, receiving certificates of achievement are:

Tommy Fornara, Harrison Roth, Sebastien Seymour, and Giovanni Wolfram

Receiving blue ribbons and certificates of outstanding achievement are:

Chloe Barshay, Caroline Carpenter, Jack Fife, Benjamin Hirsch, Ella Horn, Jack Kaitz, Mairead Kilgallon, Sean Malcolm, Audrey Palmeri, Luke Powell, Sean Rowan, and Kemp Taylor

In the 8th grade, receiving a gold medal and a summa cum laude certificate for the level IB exam is:

Olivia Selmonosky

Also in the 8th grade, receiving silver medals and maxima cum laude certificates are:

Jackson Corrigan and Kyla Spence

And receiving magna cum laude certificates in the 8th grade are:

Andrew Lowman and Henry Mockridge 


Spanish Awards 
In the spring of each year, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese sponsors the National Spanish Examination. The exams are the largest of their kind in the United States—nearly 160,000 students participated in 2013—and they feature two forty minute sections incorporating listening, reading, and grammar concepts.

Twenty two Rippowam Cisqua students earned awards for their performance:

Level 1:

Honorable Mention: Ryan Alpert (9th Grade), Kristen Brown (8th Grade), Georgia McLanahan (9th Grade), Teddy Vallar (9th Grade)

Medalla de BronceMya Lipscomb (8th Grade), Andrew Pittman (8th Grade), and Sara Mendoza (8th Grade)
Medalla de PlataTheo Bartlett (8th Grade), Kendall Burdick (8th Grade), Grant Corso (8th Grade), Anjali Goyal (8th Grade), William Langham (8th Grade), and Jake Lustig (8th Grade)
Medalla de Oro: Hannah Burdick (8th Grade), Christopher Glynn (8th Grade), Sophia Gutfreund (8th Grade), Amelia Riegel (8th Grade), and Cecilia Thieberger (8th Grade)

Level 2:

Honorable Mention: Cameryn Lacey (9th Grade) and Alexandra Needham (9th Grade)
Medalla de BronceGabrielle Brooks (9th Grade)
Medalla de Oro: Cian McGillicuddy (9th Grade)

Congratulations to each of the student award winners and their teachers on a wonderfully successful year.  Their accomplishments are both a reflection of the talents and hard work of the teachers and students at RCS, and an affirmation of the commitment to scholarship and excellence that is embodied by the entire School community.  
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