Thirty-two Massapequa High School and Ames Campus students were awarded for outstanding performance on the National German Examination (NGE) administered by the American Association of Teachers of German, with nine out of 42 Long Island students to be recognized as placing among the top in the area.
“We are so pleased to see our students demonstrate proficiency on these exams and congratulate their teachers for their steadfast guidance and preparation,” said William Anderson, curriculum associate for world language
s.
Juniors Christopher Hadsall and Alexandra Kanapes won gold awards, senior Meghan Goodwin earned silver and juniors Bailey Rosmarin, Elizabeth Stippell and Joseph Whalen received bronze awards.
Senior Thomas Beck placed third and sophomores Christian DeNave placed fifth, Gabriella DiPaola came in first place and Paul Lestingi captured third place, all gold winners. Sophomore Evan Warns was given the Langen
scheidt Award for his efforts.
Silver winners on the level three exam were sophomores Thomas Bradbury, Christopher Braglia, Evan Donohue, John Gonzalez, Samantha McGrath and Kaitlyn Migliore. Bronze winners were sophomores Ryan Abrigo, Alexis Bardio, James McGarrity and Gillian Murphy.
Also taking the German exam were freshmen at the Ames Campus, who took the level two exam. Gold award winners were Ryan Cassano and Anthony Soviero. Silver recipients included Domenick Anderson, Andrew O’Brien, Dylan Teima and Kerry Walker. Bronze awards were given to Mohnish Aggarwal, Jacqueline Cipriano, Eric Curran, Ryan Ginsberg and Luke Scher.
