70 Garden City High School students earn recognition for performance in National Italian Exam
A total of 119 students at Garden City High School recently participated in the National Italian Exam, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Italian. The web-based exam measures students’ written and oral interpretation skills and is aligned with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages performance descriptors and proficiency guidelines.
More than 6,000 high school students across the country take the exam each year. The program includes regional and national awards, including monetary prizes, study trips to Italy, medals and certificates that recognize student achievement across various levels of language proficiency.
This year, 70 Garden City students earned awards for their performance.
Gold medals (Medaglia d’Oro): Level 2: Grace Corrigan,* Paige Donahue, Lucia Dumain,* Fallon Grant,* Abigail Hogan,* Steven Marchan, Francesco Mazzella, Delaney McNaboe, Elizabeth Sanchez, Ryan Schmidt and Samantha Tusiani-Eng; Level 3: Ava Chen,* Ibrahim Chohan,* Annalisa DiPaolo* and Francesca Garcia Rocha* and Level 4: Olivia Allsbrook* and Gabriella Tromba.
Silver medals (Medaglia d’Argento): Level 2: James Crouchley, Maeve Durkan, Guilia Fabrizi, Seamus Ryan and Zoey Wood and Level 3: Jonathan Achkar, Madeline Atteritano, Sophia Cresciullo, Isabelle DeNoto, Mae Gaffney, Alexandra Holland, Emma Liu, Ryan Lotito, Taylor Maguire, Tyler Orishimo and Analisa Winter.
Bronze medals (Medaglia di Bronzo): Level 2: Sophia Bayduss, Morgan Flynn, Michael Haedrich, Emmran Ishtique and Kaitlyn Milo; Level 3: Jackson Castellanos, Emma Garufi, Riley Hanson, Ethan Klie, Joseph LoPiccolo, Amelia Moran, Timothy O’Brien and Dylan Elizabeth Williams; Level 4: Julianna Costelli, Kayla Cherney and Liam Harty; and Level 5: Silvana Newcomb.
Achievement awards (Attestato di Merito): Level 2: Sophia Cabarrubia, Caroline Ciullo, Ursula Gormley, Myra Kalra, Alice Oustatcher, Julia Pontone and Scarlet Raia; Level 3: Aidan Carr, Lia Costa, Gianluca Damiano, Matthew DeAlbuquerque, Matthew Fabilli, Casey Henson, Alexander Lenzo, Matthew Racich, Ava Pineda and Julia Spitaleri; Level 4: Andrew Byrnes and Laura Kahn; and Level 5: Eva Vitale.
Students marked with an asterisk (*) also received monetary awards.
Garden City High School congratulates all participants and extends special thanks to Italian teachers Giovanni D’Ambrosio and Lisa Malaszczyk for their dedication to student success.
