Congratulations to a number of global language students from Moravian Academy Middle School who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2019 National Spanish Examinations!

Seventh and eighth-grade students earned a total of 12 gold (scored in the 95th - 100th percentile), 17 silver (scored in the 85th - 94th percentile) and 9 bronze medals (scored in the 75th - 84th percentile), along with 12 honorable mentions.

2019 Gold Medalists

• Ryan Cheng '24
• Megan Dadio '24
• Alicia Gordon '24
• Pranavi Marella '24
• Okezue Bell '23
• Elena Capobianco '23
• Rosemary John '23
• Ethan Krupka '23
• Sierra Smith '23
• Wisdom Unfondu '23
• Yan Yu '23
• Eli Zemsky '23

2019 Silver Medalists

• Devon Berkove '24
• Anya Chadha '24
• Victoria Fegley '24
• Kanchan Gupta '24
• Navya Manne '24
• Valia Tsirukis '24
• Divya Verma '24
• Michael Alchaer '23
• Gabe Borsuk '23
• Olivia Cunningham '23
• Ben Edelman '23
• Sofia Ettle '23
• Jewel Kislin '23
• Moriah Mitchell '23
• Kyla Rodriguez '23
• Anjali Shankar '23
• Michael Yampolsky '23

2019 Bronze Medalists

• Rayna Malhotra '24
• Bianca Matos '24
• Zander Ritchey '24
• Jasmine Scott '24
• Gia Gupta '23
• Ryan Hart '23
• Hildi Kurlansik '23
• Evania Raskapur '23
• Trey Sheeler '23

“Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 146,000 students participating in 2019.”

Students from Moravian Academy Middle School have a history of high achievement on these exams. Students were taught by Mrs. Frazier, and Mrs. Molina-Cheung during their sixth-grade year. The National Spanish Examinations are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.