It’s that time of year again where Middle and Upper Schoolers partake in the national language exams. Over the past couple of weeks, their scores have been shared with their teachers. Congratulations to the students listed below for excelling in their national language exams during the 2025-2026 academic year!
National French Contest
Many of our French students took the Grand Concours (National French Contest) this spring. The Grand Concours is an online, written French test with a multiple-choice listening component and reading component. The exam is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students are evaluated for their written, oral, and listening comprehension skills in French. This year, over 46,000 students participated in the exam.
National awards are determined as follows:
- PLATINE/Platinum — Highest score in level/division (Nat’l rank 1)
- OR/Gold – Students in the 95th percentile and above
- ARGENT/Silver – Students in the 85th through 94th percentile
- BRONZE/Bronze – Students in the 75th through 84th percentile
Congratulations to our students who earned gold, silver, bronze, honorable mention, and merit awards!
Upper School
Level 4:
Maahi Saini ’27– médaille d’argent (silver)
Théo Cheynel-Bertomeu ’29 – médaille d’argent (silver)
Level 3:
Andrew Li ’28 – médaille or (gold)
Johanna Orwick ’28 – médaille d’argent (silver)
Neel Thilak ’28 – médaille d’argent (silver)
Lina Saracco ’28 – médaille bronze (bronze)
Isabelle George ’29 – médaille bronze (bronze)
Level 2:
Romy Edwards ’28 – médaille bronze (bronze)
Honorable Mentions:
Maddie Karr ’27
Simera Balci ’28
Libby Hoffman ’28
Lucy McKean ’28
Samantha O’Neil ’28
Chloé Shamsham ’28
Audrey Walker ’28
Harold Lang ’29
Mérite:
Isha Ahuja ’27
Grace Goggins ’28
Middle School
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National Latin Exam
Upper School
In early March, MICDS Latin students in the Upper School completed the National Latin Exam. According to the NLE syllabus, the exam provides “an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge of Latin and the Roman world on a test consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions. The exam focuses on the student’s ability to read and comprehend Latin as outlined in the Standards for Classical Language Learning, a document created by the American Classical League, the Society for Classical Studies, and a host of regional organizations.” See how our students scored below!
Intermediate Latin Award Winners:
Sloane Schwendinger ’29 – Gold Summa Cum Laude
Inaya Majeed ’29 – Silver Maxima Cum Laude
Katherine Speckhals ’29 – Silver Maxima Cum Laude
Alayna Wright ’29 – Cum Laude
Intermediate Reading Comprehension Exam Award Winners:
Anna Ko ’28 – Gold Summa Cum Laude (Perfect Score!)
Sanjay Malhotra ’28 – Silver Maxima Cum Laude
Mabel Dando ’28 – Silver Maxima Cum Laude
Eleanor Kline ’28 – Magna Cum Laude
Dane Joyce ’28 – Cum Laude
Advanced Latin Prose Award Winners:
Navya Reddy ’27 – Gold Summa Cum Laude
Gabe Sedighi ’26 – Magna Cum Laude
Lola Compton ’27 – Magna Cum Laude
Cam Cozad ’27 – Magna Cum Laude
Laurion Nicholson ’26 – Cum Laude
Shil Penilla ’26 – Cum Laude
Josie Ciaramita ’27 – Cum Laude
Middle School
Rama Alakkassery ’30
Daphne Skemer ’30
Amaar Raja ’30
Jules Xavier Poucel ’30
Ryan Plaskett ’30
Elika Coff ’30
Stella Williams ’30
Alex Kim ’30
Jared Wang ’30
Clare Maher ’30
Mariam Zaid ’31
Mina Arar ’31
Perry Walker ’31
Brandon Jewett ’31
Magna Cum Laude
Ainsley Gardner ’31
Tessa Schultz ’31
Arden Deibel ’31
Luke Giles ’31
Carr Michaelson ’31
National Spanish Exam
Annually, the National Spanish Exam is administered in grades six through 12 and is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. According to the NSE website, the test “measures both content standards (vocabulary and grammar) and performance standards (reading and listening comprehension).”
National awards are determined by the total percentile as follows:
- ORO/Gold – Students scoring at or above the 95th percentile are awarded a Premio de Oro.
- PLATA/Silver – Students scoring from the 85th through the 94th percentile receive a Premio de Plata.
- BRONCE/Bronze – Students scoring from the 75th through the 84th percentiles receive a Premio de Bronce.
Congratulations to our award recipients!
Upper School
Level 1:
Michelle Chao ’28 – Plata (silver)
Level 2:
Ashini Craig ’29 – Bronce (bronze)
Kieran Mays ’29 – Bronce (bronze)
Level 3:
Meher Dhindsa ’28 – Bronce (bronze)
Priyasha Munshi ’28 – Bronce (bronze)
Shreeya Shelar ’26 – Bronce (bronze)
Level 4:
Myra Arain ’27 – Oro (gold)
Forest Gong ’27 – Oro (gold)
Amey Parwal ’27 – Oro (gold)
Arissa Alpaslan ’27 – Plata (silver)
Dhruv Avirneni ’27 – Plata (silver)
Alexander Goossens ’27 – Plata (silver)
Nathan Kura ’27 – Plata (silver)
Kaviya Senthilkum ’27 – Plata (silver)
Reina Banerjee ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Isha Bogachenchu ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Kaan Caliskan ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Grace Griffin ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Grant Krainik ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Daniel Haas ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Dylan McDonough ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Isadora Yokoo ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Eric Zhang ’27 – Bronce (bronze)
Level 5:
Shil Penilla ’26 – Oro (gold)
Carrie Clennan ’26 – Plata (silver)
Ian Zar ’26 – Bronce (bronze)
To all of our award recipients, congratulations! ¡Felicidades! Félicitations! Macte! Bravo also to your teachers for helping prepare you for these exams so that you could soar through them. Way to go, Rams!