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National Language Contest

Any student currently taking Spanish and/or French class is going to have the opportunity this Spring to participate in the National Spanish and/or the National French contests.

What are they?
The National Language Contests are national, motivational contests to recognize student achievement in the study of Spanish and French, and to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of French and Spanish.

Why take them?
Not only is this an amazing opportunity to stand out for future college/career opportunities, but.....

Students with outstanding scores on the National Spanish and/or French Contests are recognized as follows:

  • Gold medal - students scoring at or above the 95th percentile.
  • Silver medal - students scoring from the 85th through the 94th percentiles.
  • Bronze medal - students scoring from the 75th through the 84th percentiles.
  • Honorable Mention - students scoring from the 50th through the 74th percentiles.
  • Participation- students scoring up to the 49th percentile

Depending on scores, students can be eligible for SCHOLARSHIPS!!!!

At the conclusion of the 2017-2018 school year, the medal recipients of the BHS graduating class of 2018 proudly wore their medals as they received their diplomas.

In addition, please see an example of how the National Language Contests benefited other high schools:

News Article- National French Exam
Video-National Spanish Exam

If you would like more information, please visit these websites:

National Spanish Exam
National French Exam

Please do not hesitate to ask your child's World Language teacher for more information and/or Mrs. Holley.

2020-2021 Winners/Participants
Adeethyia Shankar & Jackson Sharpe- Gold Medal (Spanish)
Gregory Friedman, Olivia Paul, & Samhita Shirsat- Silver Medal (Spanish)
Kate Yurcisin- Bronze Medal (Spanish)
Melissa Baines, Matthew Esneault, Ava Fries, Trem Ampeloquio, Parker Ayoub, Benjamin Bogues, Bailey Mahoney, Sofia Sinta, & Julia Roberto- Honorable Mention (Spanish)
Rachel Tang & Sophia Kempe- Honorable Mention (French)
Aranda Crowley, Courtney Sterry, Brooke Sterry, Emily Smith, Mitali Tokas, Rohan Ahmed, Roha Siddiqui, Matthew Carrozza, Michaela Elam, Johanna Scallon, Otavio Xavier, Kylie Moody, Benjamin Yeargin, Katharine Yeargin- Participants (Spanish)
Aditi Thakar, Shaili Kosaraju, Kayla Rushforth- Participants (French)

 

2019-2020 Participants/Winners
Samhita Shirsat- Gold Medal (Spanish)
Julia Roberto-Silver Medal (Spanish)
Kate Yurcisin- Bronze Medal (Spanish)
James Croci and Hailey Morales-Honorable Mention (Spanish)
Emily Kappel, Arianna Landesbaum, Christa Piccorelli, Katelyn Preston, Ashly Rodriguez, Mahika Yarram- Participants (Spanish)
Rachel Tang, Sophia Kempe, and Kylie Went-Honorable Mentions (French)
Alexa Dattner and Lindsay Vaccaro- Participants (French)

2018-2019 Winners
Sophia Kempe- Silver Medal (French)
Fernanda Hanashiro, Julia Roberto, Mahika Yarram- Silver Medal (Spanish)
Mariana Garnica, Kylie Went- Bronze Medal (French)
Rachel Li, Kate Yurcisin- Bronze Medal (Spanish)
Alexa Dattner, Lucas DeCarvalho, Caroline Morton, Matthew Pizzirusso- Honorable Mentions (French)
Raquel Bernal, Ariana Berrios, Maya Goode, Olivia Kappel, Danielle Katz, Giovanni Sinta- Honorable Mentions (Spanish)

2017-2018 Winners
Ahjeetha Shankar- Silver Medal (Spanish)
Akshay Bhagwat, Morgan McGovern, Annabel Piller- Bronze Medal (Spanish)
Anyar Bloom and Jessica Cohen- Honorable Mentions (French)
Shivinder Bhagania, Kanakapriya Chelladurai, Carly Consalvo, Erin Garvey,Jacob Hopcroft, Julia Sommerfeld, Caroline Vivar, Natalie White, and  Sabrina Zavarelli - Honorable Mentions (Spanish)