Spanish Students Earn Medals For Exam
Thirty-one upper school students, and one middle school student, earned recognition for excellence in Spanish for their results on the 2026 National Spanish Exam.
Offered by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), the National Spanish Exam is an online competition open to students in grades 6–12 nationwide. The exam measures vocabulary, grammar, listening and reading comprehension. Students who place at or above the 75th percentile at the national level receive gold, silver or bronze medals or honorable mentions, and are eligible to apply for several language-related scholarships through AATSP. Over 83,000 students nationwide took the exam in 2026.
Congratulations to the following students for their medals and honorable mentions:
Gold
Amelia Kalahurka, sophomore
Gui Tabuchi, freshman
Silver
Sam Golladay, senior
Shria Malay, junior
Alec Seidel, junior
Jude Samara, junior
Joseph Giocondo, grade 8
Bronze
Abe Gruber, freshman
Maaz Hawa, sophomore
AliAkbar Khumri, sophomore
Laith Sadeddin, freshman
Radvin Shahbazian, sophomore
Sydney Westphal, senior
Ali Wood, junior
Aun Hathiari, senior
Carlos Salazar, senior
Honorable Mention
Sonia Akkulugari, sophomore
Kadan Bush, sophomore
Deuce Chanos, sophomore
Sam Cohen, freshman
Talia Dreher, junior
Quincy Gilworth, sophomore
Mohammad Abu bakr, sophomore
Max Benega, sophomore
Maren Lacy, junior
Sarim Rashid, junior
Adi Rastogi, junior
Charlotte Turner, junior
Ivan Caballero-Vieyra, junior
Noora Fatima, senior
Eshan Patel, senior
Emilia Prier, junior
