La Salle Academy students set a school record for the most students ever to rank in the three highest categories in the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) National Spanish Exam with 116 students taking gold, silver or bronze in the test which is divided into six levels.

In addition to winning 21 gold, 42 silver and 53 bronze awards, La Salle senior Michael Danielewicz had the highest score among all Rhode Island students from all of the categories within Levels 4, 5, and 6 and will be awarded a $500 cash prize.

Additional La Salle students placing high in overall scores were:  Level 2 Regular – McKenzie Meehan, First Place; Level 2 Outside Experience – Jair Perez, First Place, Christian Garcia, Second Place   Level 3 Outside Experience -- Sarah Clinckemaillie, First Place, Elsiris Rosado, Third Place.

Other La Salle students achieving gold, silver or bronze scores in the five levels in which Rhode Island students scored are: 

GOLD

 
Level 5

Michael Danielewicz

Level 3

Sarah Clinckemai

Elsiris Rosado

Margaret Thosen

Level 2

Siri Cosper

Sean Costello

John Cunha

Amanda DeCesare

Kevin Ennis

Christian Garcia

Evanjohn Howard

Meghan Lavey

Kerrin McKenney

McKenzie Meehan

Madison Meehan

Joseph Olugbenga

Emily Papazian

Jair Perez

Ellen Richer

Lauren St. Laurent

Taylor Turner

SILVER

Level 5

Alison Russo

Gabrielle Whitney

Level 3

Alexandra Andrews

Patrick Burns

John Carbuccia

Timothy Carr

Cassandra Corneau

Gregory Gelzinis

Grace Kelly

Amanda LaCroix

Jessica Lopes

James Wood

Level 2

Nicole Authelet

Melina Campos

Stephanie Chaca

Robert Checani

Jacqueline Chrones

Alexander Claros

Darwin De La Rosa

Kaitlyn DiTraglia

Andrew Estrada

Michael Hernandez

Amelia Hinman

Louis Izzo

Erin Kane

Hannah Lavin

Aryn Pryor

Jessica Rodriguez

Joshua Rodriguez

Natalie Silva

Karolyn Sundberg

Wilnys Thompson

Level 1

Grace Cole

Katherine Curran

McKenzie Davis

Andrew Dunn

Emily Dzilenski

Alexis Jacober

Amy Landi

Danielle MacInnis

Emma Stanton

Michael Stephens

BRONZE

Level 5

Bianca ARusso

Julia Harvey

Krista Hoffman

Christopher Kishfy

Sara Nolette

Andrew Olson

Sean Walsh

Adam Welch

Level 4

Anthony Marsella

Level 3

Kevin Bencosme

Nicholas Cooney

Nicole Degnan

Shannon Healy

Lucas Henry

Juliana Johnson

Michael McDermott

Molly Newbauer

Margaret Pettibone

Katy Petrie

Danielle Renzi

Allison Unger

Peter Van Noppen

Eli Wolfang

Zane Wolfang

Level 2

Vanessa Avedisian

Kelly Bristow

Elizabeth Byrnes

Caitlyn Cornell

Meghan Durfee

Munib Elkhatib

Dylan Farley

Marianna Martinez

Daniel Miele

Nicholas Migneault

Alexa Paiva

Gianna Parrella

Alison Prengaman

Kerri Rubino

Logan Serabian

Terrance Sinnott

Annie Venditti

Level 1

Benjamin Averill

Sophia Breggia

Sara Colgan

Joseph DeLeo

Lauren Forti

Gabrielle Naylor

Rachel Padilla

Jake Parkhouse

Victoria Piccirillo

Marcanthony Reynoso

Luke Thompson

Vanessa Villon