TMI Spanish language students in 8th-11th grade took the National Spanish Exam in late March and early April. There were a total of 94 students who won awards. Of those, 20 were gold level (over the 95 percentile), including one freshman, Saad Ehsan, who was in the 99 percentile.

Of the gold level winners, 10 scored at the 98 or 99 percentile, nationwide. A special congratulations to faculty Lucy Sobrevinas who had most of the gold winners in her classes.

Congratulations, students!

72% of students who took the exam won awards, our highest % ever.
Teachers: Sylvia González, Steve Landkamer, Lucy Sobreviñas, David Archer
34 honors, 20 bronze, 20 silver, 20 gold

HONORES (4th place at or above 50th percentile nationwide)
1.   Chad Harthan – level 1
2.   Harrison White – level 1
3.   Joshua Kercheville – level 1
4.   Lindsay Laws – level 1
5.   Pauline Wholey – level 1
6.   Tamara Leifheit – level 1
7.   Kendall Bohne – level 1
8.   Erica Cavazos – level 1
9.   Gabrielle Suitor – level 1
10.   Ashley Kim – level 1
11.   Aneel Bapodra – level 2
12.   Emilee Bassett – level 2
13.   Zachary Jackson – level 2
14.   Daniel Wholey – level 2
15.   Paulina García – level 2 native speaker
16.   Juan Marcos Salomón – level 2 native speaker
17.   Diego Montoya – level 2 native speaker
18.   Enrique Romero – level 2 native speaker
19.   Mónica Suárez – level 2 native speaker
20.   Humberto Lobo – level 2 native speaker
21.   David Embs – level 3
22.   Elise Marie Notzon – level 3
23.   Rebeca Salazar – level 3 native speaker
24.   Eduardo Cárdenas – level 3 native speaker
25.   Nicolás Gómez – level 3 native speaker
26.   Ana María Lastiri – level 3 native speaker
27.   Emilio Martínez – level 3 native speaker
28.   Luis Rodríguez – level 3 native speaker
29.   Nicolás Gutiérrez – level 3 native speaker
30.   Anderson Foultz – level 4
31.   Chris Pérez – level 4
32.   Fe Cajiga-Peña – level 4
33.   Julieta Martínez – level 4 native speaker
34.   Eduardo Orozco – level 4 native speaker

BRONCE (3rd place – at or above 75th to 85th percentile nationwide)
1.  Mary Sophia Bodden – level 1
2.  M. Bonilla – level 1
3   Austin Miller – level 1
4.  JuliaGrace Walker – level 1
5.  LeSean Brown – level 1
6.  Ike Livingston – level 1
7.  Skyler Waltrip – level 1
8.  GW Bodden – level 2
9.  Edward Kim – level 2
10.  Jonathan Medina – level 2
11.  Sydney Masterson – level 2
12.  Stefany Kiesz – level 2
13.  Kenedy Seilhan – level 3
14.  Victoria Santos – level 3
15.  Mario Cantú-Aguilar – level 3 native speaker
16.  Daniela Bringas – level 3 speaker
17.  Ana Kuri – level 4
18.  Chase Wisnowski – level 4
19.  Armando Martínez – level 4 – native speaker
20.  Johanna Küllenberg – level 4 – native speaker

PLATA (2nd place – at or above 85th to 94th percentile nationwide)
1.  Lauren Devlin – level 2
2.  Sofía Miranda-Fred – level 2
3.  Gabrielle Jeffords – level 3
4.  Nicolas Bernier – level 3
5.  Dillon Bishop – level 3
6.  Emily Limmer – level 3
7.  Jacqueline Mann-McCullock – level 3
8.  Steele Sessions – level 3
9.  Redha Pinki Umer – level 3
10.  Ana Emilia Amsler – level 3 native speaker
11.  Michelle Fis – level 3 native speaker
12.  Moramay Orquín Braunstein – level 3 native speaker
13.  José Suárez – level 3 native speaker
14.  Berkeley Brown – level 4
15.  Philip Greenfield – level 4
16.  Víctor Martínez – level 4 – native speaker
17.  Juan Carlos Merlo – level 4 native speaker
18.  Elías Gil – level 4 native speaker
19.  Natalie Ribble – level 4
20.  Eduardo Cantú Aguilar – level 4 native speaker

ORO (1st place – at or above 95th percentile nationwide)
1.  Brooks Freeland – level 1
2.  Alexandra Lillback – level 1
3.  Christophe Bernier – level 2
4.  Saad Ehsan – level 2
5.  Haley Leyendecker – level 2
6.  Héctor Castillo – level 2
7.  Alexandra Villareal – level 2
8.  Brianna Hernández – level 3
9.  Katherine Kuri – level 3
10.  Kelsey Lansdale – level 3
11.  Isabel Magraner – level 3
12.  Lilly Morris – level 3
13.  Melissa Schlosberg – level 3
14.  Josh Zabihian – level 3
15.  Elba O’Ward – level 3 native speaker
16.  Paula Martínez – level 3 native speaker
17.  Diego Román – level 4
18.  Elsa Goettsch – level 4 native speaker
19.  Gerardo Martínez Cordeiro level 4 native speaker
20.  María de Lourdes Zurita – level 4 native speaker

99 percentile – nationwide
Elsa Geottsch – level 4 – native speaker
Gerardo Martinez – Cordeiro – level 4 – native speaker
Maria Zurita – level 4 – native speaker
Brianna Hernandez – level 3
Katherine Kuri – level 3
Isabel Magraner – level 3
Saad Ehsan – level 2

98 percentile – nationwide
Paula Martinez – level 3 – native speaker
Kelsey Lansdale – level 3
Christophe Bernier – level 2