Sra. Street

Congratulations to the following world language students from River Hill High School who attained national and state recognition for excellent performance on the 2012 National Spanish Examination.  These exams are administered each year in grades 6 through 12 and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
 
On the National Spanish Exam, students from River Hill High earned a total of 3 gold, 12 silver and 7 bronze medals along with 33 honorable mentions. 

Students from River Hill have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers Mrs. Teresa Goodrich, Mrs. Norda Hodgson-Clopein, Mrs. Maureen Miller, Mrs. Tracy Scaltz, Mrs. Jenny Street, and Mr. Kevin Wolters.

NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM

GOLD:

Atman Panigrahi

Katerina Carro-Garcia               

Sherin Menachery            

SILVER:

Alexandra Blumhorst        

Allison Krein                     

David Chung

Eric Greenlee

Jacqueline Cohen

Japsimran Kaur

Katherine Flester

Kendall Goldstein

Rebecca Lee

Reed Scherer

Dustin Silas

Victoria Hsiung

BRONZE:

Alexander Potts

Ashley Withers

Caroline Jin

Davis Sherer

Kimia Abtahi

Neha Wadhavkar

Rachel Kim

HONORABLE MENTION:

Abhiroop Gangopadhyay

Amy Skariah

Ashley Jaiswal

Camille Veselka

Christina Johnson

Danielle Frank

Deep Singh       

Dominic Mandile       

Elizabeth Timanus

Emily Long

Emily Rabinowitz

Hailey Brown

Hana Hong

Hannah Kim

Holly Sandler                   

Isi Okojie

Jacob Snyder

Jayne Tokar

Jennifer Kim

Jillian Kelley

Jonah Arnheim

Joy Li                              

Katherine Quiroz

Keaton Ellis

Kiera Hanranhan

Lauren Bae

Leyla Balimatas        

Meena Segnottuvelu

Natalie Tran

Nathan Yuchi

Sarah Grunsfeld

Sashant Palli

Soma Umeozulu

Zachary Wolf

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There will be an information session on March 6, 2012 at 6:30 PM in the Transfer Center RCF Building on the Main Campus of Howard Community College. 

Regards,

Sra. Street

June 25nd - August 2nd

 

STARTALK is a government initiative to
increase the number of Americans learning
critical need languages. The STARTALK program
pays tuition for high school students to learn
Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, or Persian in
HCC’s World Languages Program during the
summer months, Monday-Thursday from 8:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. (some Fridays may apply).

Students may apply to take:
CHNS-101: Elementary Mandarin Chinese I
CHNS-102: Elementary Mandarin Chinese II
CHNS-201: Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
ARAB-101: Elementary Arabic I
ARAB-102: Elementary Arabic II
ARAB-201: Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I
HNDI-101: Elementary Hindi I
PERS-101: Elementary Pers

High school students, including incoming 9th,
10th, 11th, 12th graders, and newly graduated
high school students, learn communicative
ability as well as cultural awareness from
experienced native language teachers in HCC’s
lively, task-based classes.

One of STARTALK’s benefits is that there
is no cost other than an application fee and
enrichment fee. Fees may be waived for students
with demonstrated financial need.
Successful STARTALK students receive four
college credits from HCC and are prepared to enter
the next level of language
instruction during the fall
semester. The admissions
process is selective.

The STARTALK application
deadline is April 16th.
Notifications will be sent out
no later than May 15th.
www.howardcc.edu

 

Workbook Information

 

If students are interested in purchasing a STUDENT PRACTICE WORKBOOK, you may order through the links below. 

Here's the URL for Level 1 workbooks:

http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZu6r&PMDBSUBCATEGORYID=&PMDBSITEID=2781&PMDBSUBSOLUTIONID=&PMDBSOLUTIONID=6724&PMDBSUBJECTAREAID=&PMDBCATEGORYID=813&PMDbProgramID=29004

Here's the URL for Level 2 workbooks:

http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ16p&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbSubSolutionId=&PMDbCategoryId=813&PMDbSubCategoryId=&PMDbSubjectAreaId=&PMDbProgramId=29005&PMDbProductId=446

National Spanish Examination

American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP)

Dear Parent/Guardian of Spanish 1 and 2 students,

This year your child’s Spanish class will be participating in the National Spanish Examination. The exam, which is administered by over 3,000 teachers nationwide, is designed to recognize student achievement and promote the study of Spanish as a second language. In addition, it is a great tool for preparing students to take other standardized tests such as the AP, SAT II and college placement exams.

This is an excellent opportunity for your student to build his/her resume and receive recognition for all of his/her hard work in Spanish! Students who achieve outstanding scores are given national recognition from the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP). In addition, Juniors and Seniors scoring above the 75^th percentile are eligible to apply for the Junior Travel Award or Senior Scholarship

The exam is $6.00 per student. This fee includes the cost of administering the exam and score/percentile reports as well as eligibility to compete in Junior Travel Awards or Senior Scholarships. Please submit the $6.00 fee before December 19th to ensure that your student will be registered on time.

            In addition, your student will be receiving detailed instructions about how to prepare for the exam. They are strongly encouraged to study independently using the numerous practice exams and resources on the National Spanish Examination website.