(North
Bergen, NJ—April 28, 2015) High Tech students of Spanish, levels I and II, participated in the 2015 National Spanish Exam (NSE),
sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
(AATSP), announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.
The NSE assesses
students’ proficiency in the Spanish language as they compete on a national level
with their peers. The following students
performed exemplarily on the Spanish I exam: Amirah Johnson of
Jersey City scored a 95, earning Premio de Oro (Gold Award); North Bergen resident
Alyssa Mojica and Olivia Ruiz of Guttenberg earned Premio de Plata (Silver Award); Hoboken residents Ryan Brett, Maeve Munroe, and
Cole Quist and Jeremy Lewan of Bayonne received Premio de Bronce (Bronze Award); Ghenwa Hassan of
Bayonne, Jalina Bryson and Joan Marie Tubungbanua of Jersey City, Jeel Shah and
Catherine Cabrera of North
Bergen, Shelina Chotrani and Gabriel Mendez of Secaucus, Union City resident
Taylor Avila, and Ada Zhu of Weehawken received Mención Honoraria (Honorable Mention).
The
following students earned Mención Honoraria on the Spanish I and II exams too: Bayonne
resident Adrion Perez, Bryanna Acosta and Gabriela Sesin of North Bergen, and Secaucus
resident Zachary Canonico. Kevin
Martinez of West New York in Spanish I
and II received Premio de Plata; Premio
de Bronce recipients include Guttenberg resident Lauren
Krasnoff, Andrea Velasquez of Jersey City, and North Bergen resident Malena
Rodriguez; Guttenberg resident Hena Pardasani, Sophia Battaglia of Hoboken,
Jersey City resident Katrina Origenes, Gabriella Espinal and Yingxue Hu of
Kearny, North Bergen resident Tanushri Shah, Emily Torres, and Jeffrey
Zarzuela, and Secaucus resident Aimee Gamboa received Mención Honoraria.
“Attaining a medal or honorable mention
for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” says
Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because these exams are
the largest of their kind in the United States, with over 157,000 students
participating in 2015.”
