F-M students acknowledged for achievements in foreign languages

French
German
Latin
Spanish
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French

In March and early April, French students in grades 7-12 at Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Eagle Hill Middle School and Wellwood Middle School participated in the National French Contest. The National French Contest is an online test of students’ listening, reading and grammar skills in French, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students participated in 6 different levels of the contest, from 01 (beginning French – seventh-grade students) to 5 AP (Advanced Placement French students).

This year, two district students received special prizes from the Central New York chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French for earning the highest score in their level in all of Central New York. Kayden Kouakou, a 7th grader at Wellwood, was awarded for the Level 01 exam and Carly Hack, a senior at FMHS, was awarded for the Level 5 AP exam.

Congratulations to all the winners and to their French teachers: Richard Ernst (Eagle Hill), Alana Wielgosz (Wellwood and Fayetteville-Manlius High School), Sarah Woodward-Jones (Fayetteville-Manlius High School) and Denise Mahns (Fayetteville-Manlius High School).

The following Fayetteville-Manlius High School students earned medals based on their performance on the National French Contest:

Gold

Daniel Li
Owen Zhu

Silver

Tekla Ford
Lauren Jones
Elizaveta Vorsina
Allie Fischi
Kira Coleman
Karsten Lockwood
Alex Kulikowsky
Noya Amjad
Eleanor Comprix
Daniel Manta
David Nagapetov
Kate Anderko
Josie Feck
Quincey Hack
Lucas Zhai
Michelle Ifeonu
McKayla Burke
Carly Hack
Emmeline Reinhardt

Bronze

Jack Chin
Noah Massey
Safina Ahmed
Elizabeth Feulner
Jordan Myint
Zadie Smith
Maggie Lindars
Adaline Davies

Honorable Mention

Hwang Lee
Dylan Cuddy
Marcos Lind Caliz
Lena Merriam
Kailin Gu
Xander Watson
William Bartkowiak
Alyce Ugalde Villarreal
Charlotte Pinsky
Ella Tonkovich
Akanksha Ravikumar
Cooper Blum
Lily McKnight
Meryem Sarimurat
Abby Issakainen
Domenica Scalzetti
Benjamin Graff
Camille Ryan
Alassan Becker
Max Panol
Elsa Barlow
Elise Wratney
Claire McDonald
Elyse Fetterman
Brian Chin
Gianna Scalzetti
Athan Varghese
Manal Thib
Ethan Richards
Annika Scuderi
Lindsey Gardner
Eric Yao
Lillian Fowler
Addison Salomon

The following Eagle Hill students earned medals based on their performance on the National French Contest:

Gold

Wadaana Ahmed
Kaylee Rudolph

Silver

Addison Zhu
Mary Kate Scannell
Joyce Zhu
Lyla Abboud
Alia Bou Aram
Riley Fitzgerald

Bronze

Sebastian Blanchard
Charlotte Haswell
Julia Kim
Amelia Toolan
Olivia Mark
Aurav Khera
Samuel Beeman
Olivia Foresti
Landon Grandmain
Siqi Jie

Honorable Mention

Hailey Zhai
Olive Luedtke
Wentian Yuan
Alayna Krukin
Kaylee Xu
Efi Everding
Francesca Burke
Lizzie Perry
Henry Palmer
Lilah Levy
Austin Mosher
Rishi Kaul
Ava Lamphere

The following Wellwood students earned medals based on their performance on the National French Contest:

Gold

Kayden Kouakou
Maggie Huang

Silver

Claire Zhu

Bronze

Abigail Yahi
Marshall Jones
Elsa Lind Caliz

Honorable Mention

Aaron Olech
Julien Marty
Sol Kang
Fernando Acevedo-Avila
Elodie Michel

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German

In April, Fayetteville-Manlius High School student Jack Keeney was one of two students in Central New York to be honored by the German-American Society of CNY at its 22nd Annual Student Night. Jack, who is enrolled in AP German, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship during a ceremony held at the Turners’ Society in Syracuse. To be eligible, students must be high school seniors studying German and have plans to continue with the language in college. Scholarship recipients gave acceptance speeches in both German and English.

Twenty-eight Fayetteville-Manlius High School students studying German received awards from the American Association of Teachers of German for their success on the 2024 National German Exam.

The National German Exam measures students’ reading and listening skills in German. More than 15,000 high school students from across the country participated in four different levels of the contest.

F-M High School students earned a total of 11 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze medals.

Gold Medals

Neil Adamski
Benzion Ashkenazi
Ashton Barfknecht
Surin Bong
Hudson Brenner
Hiro Havey
Jack Keeney
Elliot McDaniel
Atsuto Urao
Amelia Worthan
Alice Zhu

Silver Medals

Sammie Bremer
Aaron Graham
Dalton Hack
Allen Hale
Aidan Kerivan
Ulf Kreshpaj
Ritvik Mehta
Rayhan Rinzan

Bronze Medals

Leif Brokhoff
Connor Cuddy
Andrew Hoehner
Makenna Nappo
Andras Patent
Nick Prince
Jon Taber
Gabo Williams
Lily Zhou

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Latin

More than 100 Fayetteville-Manlius students studying Latin received awards on the National Latin Exam in 2024, including four who earned perfect scores. The exam is taken in all 50 states and 26 other countries.

Fayetteville-Manlius High School

55 students at Fayetteville-Manlius High School received awards on the 2024 National Latin Exam. Sophomores William Huang and Alexander Wang earned perfect scores on this year’s exam.

F-M High School students earned a total of 15 gold and 18 silver medals, along with 13 magna cum laude and 9 cum laude designations.

Gold Medals (Summa Cum Laude Designation)

Grade 11

Henry Grenis

Grade 10

Mara Gloo
William Huang
Chloe Lee
Justin Liu
Iris Lu
Ashton Miller
William Miller
Alexander Wang

Grade 9

Stella Affeldt
Caitlin Barrett
Hudson Brown
Nathaniel Hinman
Chase Jaconski
Henry Will

Silver Medals (Maxima Cum Laude Designation)

Grade 12

Sawyer Brown
Vincent Hunt
Nathan Liu
Christopher Shanguhyia

Grade 11

Peter Fischi
Claire Hunt
Elizabeth Kawa
Brooke Kronenberg
Tess Kronenberg
Sonia LaHaye
Kelly Liu

Grade 10

Morgan Fahrenkrug
Sanaa Goyal
Joseph MacBlane
Matthew Seamans

Grade 9

Laila Duggal
Angie Li
Jude Sylvester

Magna Cum Laude Designation

Grade 11

Maham Iqbal
Samreen Mangat
Abigail Tyler

Grade 10

Landon Barfknecht
Rheaa Goyal
Nicholas Graff
Haris Iqbal
Anna Jolly
Octavia Miller
Liam Newton
Ewan Shepard
Adam Winnowicz

Grade 9

Amelia Whipps

Cum Laude Designation

Grade 12

Christian Kneaskern
Aurora Santangelo

Grade 11

William Merriam

Grade 10

John Brose
Jacob Chen
Jackson Foster
Remy Sinclair

Grade 9

Colbie Jennings
Charlotte Mark

Eagle Hill and Wellwood middle schools

47 Eagle Hill and Wellwood middle school students, studying Latin for their first or second year, earned awards on this year’s National Latin Exam. Eighth-grade student Violet McCoy at Wellwood and seventh-grade student Nethra Balasubramanian at Eagle Hill earned perfect scores on this year’s exam.

F-M middle school students earned a total of 17 gold and 11 silver medals, along with 16 magna cum laude and 3 cum laude designations.

Gold Medals (Summa Cum Laude Designation)

Eagle Hill

Grade 8

Elizabeth Hansen
Joshua Thompson
Ava Weaver
Joanne Zheng

Grade 7

Nethra Balasubramanian
Sarah Li
Sage Ori
David Park
Joshua Zhai

Wellwood

Grade 8

Cathleen Edwards
Avya Mangla
Violet McCoy
Abigail Otte
Audrey Poole
Hudson Shute

Grade 7

Madeline Feulner
Phillip Jeong

Silver Medals (Maxima Cum Laude Designation)

Eagle Hill

Grade 8

Finn Vredenburgh

Grade 7

Nandhini Karthikeyan
Tucker Leeper
Leo Sylvester
Harper Will

Wellwood

Grade 8

Kit Diederich
Ender Green
Sidney Lee
Madilyn Santiago

Grade 7

Holden Gayfer
Maia Maddox-Coleman

Magna Cum Laude Designation

Eagle Hill

Grade 8

Matthew Beach
Liam Kelly
Charles Phillips
William Thayer

Grade 7

Alexander Kim
Tucker Meehan

Wellwood

Grade 8

Laurel Varga

Grade 7

Carson Cuthill
Celine Knutsen
Margaret Kolozsvary
Nina Mather
Fynnegan Merchant
Delong Ni
Anthony Saccone
Xzavier Shumway
Evelyn Whipps

Cum Laude Designation

Eagle Hill

Grade 8

Matthew Zavaglia

Grade 7

Nicholas Maher

Wellwood

Grade 8

Noah Edsall

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Spanish

Fayetteville-Manlius High School students studying Spanish received national recognition for their performance on the 2024 National Spanish Examinations.

The National Spanish Exam is an online, standardized assessment competition to measure students’ listening, reading and grammar skills in Spanish and is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

More than 80,000 students in grades 6 through 12 from across the country participated in seven different levels of the contest, from beginner (level 01) to advanced (level 6). F-M High School students earned a total of 9 gold, 26 silver and 11 bronze medals along with 16 honorable mentions and 21 participation certificates.

Students were taught by Spanish teachers Melanie Campitello, Stephanie Cimino, Eva Giacona, Pam Mitchell, and Athena Tzetzis.

Gold Medals

Level Two