World Languages

The National French Contest/Le Grand Concours is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French.  In April, 2023, over 43,000 students across the nation took part in the Grand Concours National French test.

Silver medals for scoring in the top 15% in the nation:

• Michelle Ganza Twizere (level 1)
• Bobby Kostko (level 3)

Bronze medal

• Melissa Mora Robles (level 2)

Mention d’honneur awards

• Mary Hottinger
• Rebecca Brown
• Alex Haran
• Alex Korwin
• Miranda Elvin
• Sophia Martin

Result of the 2023 National Italian Exam

Gold

• Sandra Montes

Silver

• Sloan Petersen
• Andrey Munoz
• Carolyn Rinaldi,

Bronze

• Ava Norton
• Molly Maltempi

Merito

• Dani Ferree
• Karlie Nicolae
• Alex Krohn
• Gino Lagani

The National Latin Exam, sponsored by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League, is a 40-question, multiple-choice test with a time limit of 45 minutes, offered to students on seven levels. There are questions on grammar, comprehension, mythology, derivatives, literature, Roman life, history, geography, oral Latin and Latin in use in the modern world. 

The philosophy of the National Latin Exam is predicated on providing every Latin student the opportunity to experience a sense of personal accomplishment and success in the study of the Latin language and culture. In the National Latin Exam, students are not competing with their peers on a comparative basis but are evaluated solely on their own performance on the exam. The basic purposes of the NLE are to promote the study of Latin and to encourage the individual student.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has voted to place the National Latin Exam on the Advisory List of National Contests and Activities. 

2 0 2 1   A W A R D S

Of the Hoban students who took the 2021 National Latin Exam, 17 earned awards. Each year over 139,000 students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and foreign countries take the exam.

Beginning Latin Exam awards

• Freshman James Bordenkircher, Magna Cum Laude

• Freshman Jack Doucet, Magna Cum Laude

• Freshman Annie Fuhrer, Magna Cum Laude

• Freshman Ingrid Kovalik, Magna Cum Laude

• Freshman David Rojas, Cum Laude

• Sophomore Ryan Yovachin, Magna Cum Laude

Intermediate Latin Exam awards

• Sophomore Jack Folk, Magna Cum Laude

• Sophomore Robert Klockner, Cum Laude

• Sophomore Maddie Svenson, Magna Cum Laude

Intermediate Reading Comprehension Exam awards

• Junior Sawyer Huckabee, Gold Summa Cum Laude
• Junior Jude Yovichin, Silver Maxima Cum Laude

Advanced Prose Exam awards 

• Senior Alaina Lah, Gold Summa Cum Laude
• Senior Simon Monsour, Gold Summa Cum Laude
• Senior Jonathan Popa, Gold Summa Cum Laude
• Senior Alex Wong, Silver Maxima Cum Laude

Advanced Reading Comprehension 1 Exam

• Senior Owen Kovalik, Gold Summa Cum Laude

Advanced Reading Comprehension 2 Exam

• Senior Isabelle Hahn, Magna Cum Laude

Each year students of all levels of Spanish take the National Spanish Exams. Scores are converted into percentiles. Each percentile indicates the percent of scores in the same sampling that are equal to or below it. A percentile of 50 represents the national average.

Of the 47 Students from Hoban who took the 2022 National Spanish Examination this year, five earned a silver and four earned a bronze medal along with 15 students earning honorable mentions. 

• Premio de Oro: Students scoring at or above the 95th percentile
• Premio de Plata: Students scoring from the 85th to the 94th percentile
• Premio de Bronce: Students scoring from the 75th to the 84th percentile
• Mención Honorífica:  Students scoring from the 50th to the 74th percentile

Results for the 2023 National Spanish Exams:

PLATA (Silver Medal):

• Zahlea Sularte (SpIII)

BRONCE (Bronze Medal):

• Leo Bates (SpIII)

• Kylene Coyle (SpIII)

• Alex Lin (SpIII)

• Frederick Schultz (SpIII)

HONOR (Honorable Mention):

Spanish I:

• Sarak Cook

• Ethan Cooper 

• Colin DiNicola 

• Grace Freiman 

• Mason Helmick 

• Memo Keppler 

• Leah Kubick 

• Savanna Murphy 

• Drew Rasmussen 

• Anne Sejba 

Spanish II:

• Jonah Branz 

• Johanna Ciborek 

• Syvannarae Finsley 

• Maya Flavelle 

• Rachel Greer 

• Sevanna Hamad

• Ellie Marks 

• Jonathan McDaniel

• Madison Mintz

• Rocio Morales

• Lyris Pickett

• Kalira Pryer 

• Marialis Sandoval

• Emma Shircliff

• Cassidy Wren

Spanish III:

• Sa’Kyah Collins 

• Campbell Miller 

• Giovanni Reza-Landino