GA modern language students win in Montgomery County Oral Proficiency Contest

On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, nine Germantown Academy students, chosen by the modern language department to represent GA, participated in the Montgomery County Oral Proficiency Contest, sponsored by the Montgomery County Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School. These included:  freshman Hannah Mills ‘15 (Level 01 French), eighth grader Tesa Pribitkin ’16 (Level 1 French), eighth grader Hannah Fried ’16 (Level 1 Spanish), freshman Noah Schleicher ’15 (Level 2 French), freshman Nicole Nadwodny ’15 (Level 2 Spanish), sophomore Davonne Henry ‘14 (Level 3 French), sophomore Tyler Petrochko ‘14 (Level 3 Spanish), junior Eli Scheicher ’13 (Advanced French) and senior Max Magerman ‘12 (Advanced Spanish).

After a round of individual interviews in the target language with the judges, two finalists were chosen in each language at each level. These finalists were then again interviewed before an audience of teachers, parents and students. Germantown Academy is proud to announce that the following students were finalists in this challenging competition:

Freshman Hannah Mills ‘15, silver medalist, Level 01 French

Eighth grader Tesa Pribitkin ‘16, silver medalist, Level 1 French

Eighth grader Hannah Fried ‘16, gold medalist, Level 1 Spanish

Freshman Noah Schleicher ’15, gold medalist, Level 2 French

Freshman Nicole Nadwodny ’15, gold medalist, Level 2 Spanish

Sophomore Davonne Henry ’14, gold medalist, Level 3 French

Sophomore Tyler Petrochko ’14 gold medalist Level 3 Spanish

Senior Max Magerman ’12, gold medalist, Advanced Spanish

GA also placed second the annual world cultures triviacontest