Wilmington High School
World Languages Department
159 Church Street | Wilmington, MA 01887
Dear Families and Students:
This coming spring, the Wilmington High School World Languages Department would like to offer your student an opportunity to participate in the one of the three national language exams we participate in yearly. The National Italian Exam, Le Grand Concours (National French Exam, and the National Spanish Exam are all offered to students in our World Language Programming at the high school. These are standardized tests taken by hundreds of thousands of students in the United States to measure proficiency and achievement in the target language. By participating, your student may be eligible for a number of awards based on their score as well as summer travel stipends and college scholarships that vary by exam.
All award winners will be honored at our World Languages Awards ceremony and medal recipients will be recognized at our Underclassmen Awards and Senior Scholarship Night.
Each exam is about 80 minutes in duration and is broken into two parts: Achievement (covering vocabulary and grammar) and Proficiency (measured through reading comprehension and listening comprehension). The tests will be administered during classes between late February and April 11, 2026, varying by exam.
Please be aware that your student’s participation is voluntary but HIGHLY ENCOURAGED! Should you decide that you do not want your student to participate, their grade will not be negatively affected. We will have an alternate assignment ready for the students who are not participating in the exam. All results generated from the exams remain private. These organizations only release test results for students to the teachers who registered that student. Because these are contests, any students who earn awards agree to have his/her/their name and status published at the national level by the organization. Cost: NSE - $5, NIE - $8, NFE - $6.
If you would like your student to participate, please fill out this permission slip (one per student) and submit the registration fee per exam (cash or a check made payable to Wilmington High School) by Friday, December 12. More information about each exam is available by exam in the permission slip link itself. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Carlos-Luis Brown
Curriculum Team Leader
World Languages Department, 6-12
978-694-6000, ext. 6508
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