Language National Exams :::
LT linguists earn recognition on national exams
Congratulations are in order for Lyons Township High School foreign language students. Students in French, Latin and Italian recently took national exams developed, written and scored by nationwide committees comprised of high school and college professors belonging to their respective foreign language professional organization. While each organization categorizes and classifies their top scorers differently, LTHS linguists consistently place among the top.
Italian student senior M. Donnelly earned the second highest score in the nation on the Italian IV National Exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI). The hour-long multiple-choice exam consisted of reading and listening comprehension and grammar questions. Thousands of Italian students across the country participated in the exam. Donnelly will be attending Seaton Hall University in the fall.
In Latin, senior H. Kassner received special recognition for having earned the prestigious gold medal on the National Latin Exam for all four years of Latin. Kassner will take the stage and be recognized at the National Junior Classical League convention this summer and was awarded an Oxford Classical Dictionary, which she will take with her to the University of Chicago next year, where she will pursue classical archaeology.
AATI NATIONAL ITALIAN EXAMINATION
STATE OF ILLINOIS WINNERS
National winner
Level 4A
M. Donnelly 2nd Senior
State winners
Level 1A
C. Arevalo 1st Sophomore
T.Kiely 3rd Freshman
C. Withington 3rd Freshman
G. Delabra 4th Sophomore
M. Lombardo 8th Freshman
M. A. Alvarez 9th Freshman
E. Peck 9th Freshman
J. Zeisloft 10th Sophomore
J. Zeisloft 10th Freshman
Level 1B
G. Guerra 3rd Junior
M. Mologousis 3rd Freshman
Z. Telebak 5th Junior
H. Mellinger 7th Junior
O. Ramirez 8th Senior
Level 2A
D. Heinz 3rd Sophomore
C.Smith 4th Sophomore
L. Hoffman 7th Sophomore
L. Shafer 8th Senior
Level 2B
R. Adducci 5th Sophomore
Level 3B
E. Ellis 2nd Junior
R. Carballo 3rd Junior
L. Gregory 4th Junior
Level 4A
M. Donnelly 1st Senior
A. Mazza 8th Senior
Level 4B
R. Bogolin 1st Senior
P. Solares 4th Senior
NATIONAL FRENCH EXAM AWARDS 2011
Thirty-three students ranked nationally in the 76th annual national French exam, Le Grand
Concours, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students were evaluated for
their written, oral and listening comprehension skills in French. Nearly 100,000 students in all 50
states competed in the 2011 event.
Nationals Top 10% - Certificat Lauréat National
M. Egan 2A Sophomore
E. Hunt 3A Sophomore
A. Kafkes 3A Sophomore
M. McDermott 3A Junior
R. Rymsza 3A Sophomore
H. Yacoub 2A Junior
Nationals Top 20% - Certificat D’honneur
A. Boland 3A Sophomore
S. Cordero 3A Sophomore
G. Delabra 3A Sophomore
L. Gregory 4A Junior
A. Karas 5A Senior
E. Lee 3A Sophomore
E. Richmond 3A Sophomore
C. Schied 4A Junior
A. Tanzer 3A Sophomore
E. Valeika 4A Junior
M. Zahorik 2A Freshman
K. Zebus 2A Sophomore
Nationals Top 50% - Certificat De Reussite
H. Albano 4A Junior
T. Bastyr 3A Sophomore
A. Birkeland 3A Sophomore
E. Booth 4A Junior
J. Coates 2A Junior
S. Culafic 4A Junior
E. Handler 4A Senior
C. Kalkowski 3A Junior
K. Karwowski 4A Junior
A. McDermott 2A Sophomore
T. Moore 3A Sophomore
J. Peterson 4A Junior
M. Moran 3A Sophomore
N. Rojas 1A Freshman
E. Timmerman 4A Junior
NATIONAL LATIN EXAMS
M. Byrne Cume Laude Freshman
D. Myhre Cume Laude Freshman
K. Dougherty Cume Laude Freshman
M.Bandyk Cume Laude Sophomore
S.Glowiak Cume Laude Sophomore
A. Hamdan Cume Laude Sophomore
M. Forberg Magna Cum Laude Freshman
E. Masterson Magna Cum Laude Freshman
M. Mrazek Magna Cum Laude Freshman
B. Kelly Magna Cum Laude Sophomore
M. Brogan Magna Cum Laude Senior
K. Sauer Magna Cum Laude Senior
C. Krasovec Maxima Cum Laude Freshman
T. McDonnell Maxima Cum Laude Junior
G. Flaherty Maxima Cum Laude Senior
A. Nelson Maxima Cum Laude Senior
L. Oboikovitz Maxima Cum Laude Senior
M. Flaherty Summa Cum Laude Sophomore
H. Kassner Summa Cum Laude Senior