Congratulations to the students studying Spanish at Downers Grove North High School who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2024 National Spanish Examinations! DGN earned 1 Gold, 6 Silver and 9 Bronze medals along with 22 Honorable Mentions.
Students from Downers Grove North High School have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers Joshua Bodenheimer, Ruth Dukala, Paula Fernández, and Jennifer Mariman.
The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 6 through 12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Gold medal winner
Nola Kinealy, Level 4
Silver medal winners
Syed Ahmad and Nico Skeen, Level 3;
Carly Ermitage, Nathan Moawad, and Sydney Peterson, Level 4;
Ethan Ruta, Level 5.
Bronze medal winners
Noah Harkness, Kevin McAleenan, and Tessa Murphy, Level 3;
Melissa Fialek, Sydney Moss, Juaquin Orellana, Melody Parker, and Meaghan Wernett, Level 4;
Eleanor Holmes, Level 5.
Honorable Mention
Zander Bruno, Teia deMesa, Eve Donnellon, Cristina Fialek, Evan Jeschke, Helen Justice, Georgia Marzo, Megha Nambisan, Melania Ratay, Denise Saucedo, Sachin Sinnappan, and Katarina Sinner, Level 3; Benjamin Cameron, Keegan Cho, Jula Green, Caden Kanthack, Sarah Neveril, Emery Reid, Hannah Renner, Gia Shah, and Ian Sondgeroth, Level 4; Gina Liu, Level 5.