Wilmington High School - National Spanish Exam Results from 2020 Contest

 

LOCAL SPANISH STUDENTS SCORE WELL

Congratulations to Wilmington High School School students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2020 National Spanish Examinations. These took place last school year in very challenging conditions so we are very proud of these students for their achievements despite challenging conditions.

Students earned a total of two gold, two silver and three bronze medals along with 20 honorable mentions.  “Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 140,000 students participating in 2020.”

Students from Wilmington High School have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers Rebecca Martiniello, Sandra Noack and Meghan Burns.

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.

Wilmington High School’s National Spanish Examination results from 2020 are as follows:

Gold Year of Graduation

Matthew Villalta           2023

Landrick Diaz               2021 

Silver

Brenda Da Silva             2023

Nikos Koss              2023

 

Bronze

Ryan Dunn 2021

Rachel Gonzalez         2023

Evan Shackelford            2022

 

Honorable Mention

Alyson Broussard 2021

Austin Farrell           2023

Anay Gandhi                2022

Thomas Gargan            2023

Lian Juergens              2023

Julia Kane                  2023

Ryan Kanihan            2023

Colleen Logan               2023

Angelica Loshak             2020

Srikar Mallajosyula   2023

Maddie McCarron       2023

Dennis McConologue 2023

Carina O'Donnell        2023

Aryan Patil                 2023

Johanna Robinson          2022

Olivia Rogers               2022

Kassidy Smith              2023

Olivia Spizuoco             2022

Petya Stoeva                2020

Ella Wingate                2023

Congratulations again to our outstanding Wildcats!

Wilmington High School Teacher Ms. Terresa Pietro Receives the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Scholarship!

Ms. Terresa Pietro of Wilmington High School in Wilmington, Massachusetts has been selected for the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms, a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Ms. Pietro is one of approximately 71 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as record of service and demonstrated leadership potential.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S government and was created to increase mutual understanding and build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The primary source of funding for the Fulbright Program is an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Since its inception in 1946, the Fulbright Program has given over 390,000 passionate and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds and fields the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to important international problems. The global network of Fulbrighters fosters mutual understanding between the United States and partner nations, advances knowledge across communities, and improves lives around the globe.

Fulbrighters address critical global challenges in all fields, while building relationships, knowledge, and leadership in support of the long-term interests of the United States. Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction in many areas and include 60 Nobel Prize laureates, 75 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, and 37 who have served as a head of state or government. Eighty-six Fulbright alumni have won in total 91 Pulitzer Prizes.

Fulbright is active in more than 160 countries worldwide and partners with participating governments, host institutions, corporations, and foundations in foreign countries and in the United States. Many of these organizations also provide direct and indirect support. ECA sponsors the Fulbright program, and several non-profit, cooperative partners implement and support the program on the Bureau’s behalf.

The Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is a year-long professional development opportunity for U.S. elementary, middle, and high school teachers to develop skills for preparing students for a competitive global economy. The program equips teachers to bring an international perspective to their schools through targeted training, experience abroad, and global collaboration.

For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State, please visit http://eca.state.gov/fulbright or contact the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Press Office at ECA-Press@state.gov.

WPS World Languages Department announces our Seal of Biliteracy Awards 2020

Wilmington Public Schools

World Languages Department

Seal of Biliteracy Awards 2020

The Wilmington World Languages Department is very proud to recognize the exceptional efforts and achievements of our Class of 2020 World Language students.

This is the second year we are awarding the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary State Seal of Biliteracy and the State Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction! During our early piloting of the Seal of Biliteracy from 2016-2018 we proudly awarded 17 students with the original Seal of Biliteracy. Last year, we awarded our first State Seal of Biliteracy and our first two Biliteracy Achievement Awards, a total of 3 awards. This year, we were very proud to present this senior class with 14 awards!

This year we made Wilmington High School history twice! First, we awarded our first State Seals of Biliteracy with Distinction Awards! Second, we honored our first student to earn the Seal of Distinction in two languages: Bulgarian and Spanish!

The Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction is given in recognition of students who have tested and proven an Advanced-Low level of proficiency of a second language. This year we are awarded 6 of these:

●  Petya Stoeva - who has earned two Seals with Distinction in Bulgarian and Spanish

●    Mansi Thakkar

●    Evelyn Miller-Nuzzo   

●    Joshua D'Angelo

●    Carolyn Roney

The Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy is given in recognition of students who have tested and proven an Intermediate-High level of a second language. This year we are awarded 6 of these:

●    Gabriela Villalta

●    Angelica Loshak

●    Timothy Sun

●    Ryan Packer

●    Joshua Rainone

●    Adriana Medina

The Language Opportunity Coalition, the group responsible for the law that recognized the Seal of Biliteracy in the State, created an award called the Biliteracy Achievement Award for students who have attained Intermediate-Mid Proficiency in a second language.

We are very proud to award the Biliteracy Achievement Award:

●    Franceleesha Dornevil

●    Paul O'Connell

The State Seal of Biliteracy is part of a National Movement now across 40 of the 50 states that recognizes the exceptional ability of students to be a part of a language and culture beyond English. We are immensely proud of all these students and all of the 19 students who continued their world language journey through their senior year of high school.

Congratulations to everyone and we wish you all the best!

Click here to see the website where we recognize all of our students’ impressive awards and achievements!