During an assembly on January 21, the Language Department awarded its Students of the Trimester honors to students that excelled in T1. Below are the winners, and comments from their teachers.
French
Marie Bang (Honors French III)
Marie truly stood out this past trimester by going above and beyond in demonstrating excellent classroom citizenship. She consistently worked well in groups and individually, participated actively in class activities and discussions, always bringing a positive attitude that motivated those around her. In addition, she showed a willingness to experiment with the language, taking risks that helped deepen her learning and confidence.
— Mrs. Marquis
Sarah Martini (AP French)
Sarah is a devoted learner whose dedication and academic skill are unparalleled. She brings care and intention to her work, no matter how small the task. As importantly, over her years in French, she has consistently shown herself to be a generous and supportive classmate and friend. This trimester, her work in AP French was exceptional, most notably her final creative poetry project. It is an honor to award her with an inaugural French student of the trimester award.
— Mrs. Michalski
Latin
Brooks Marshall (Honors Latin III)
Brooks is an incredibly diligent student who is always quick to ask questions when he doesn’t understand something. Before nearly every test he schedules a meeting with me so that we can go over the material in preparation, and I always know I can count on him to prepare extraordinarily carefully for every class meeting. He seems so dedicated to the task of being a language student!
— Mrs. Hill
Hiya Patel (Latin II)
Hiya worked tirelessly in T1, giving her all to every assignment. Hiya’s forward planning, organization and communication skills have been outstanding; Hiya knows her own learning well and has done a superb job of mastering all the new grammar and vocabulary we have been working on this year in Latin II. The close attention Hiya has been paying to word meanings and to noun and verb charts has paid off with impressively accurate translations of Latin passages. Hiya is a quiet leader in our class, modeling serious academic focus and always ready to team up with or help a classmate. Hiya’s willingness to always go the extra mile in Latin earned her the Language Student of the Trimester award for T1!
— Ms. Cody
Spanish
MaryEllen Choo (Honors Spanish Seminar)
Mary Choo exemplifies classroom citizenship, practices stellar participation, and models what it means to work out of one’s comfort zone. Mary never misses a beat in her Honors Spanish Seminar course because she works collaboratively with classmates in small group work and she pushes herself to share ideas in larger classroom discussions and during homework review. Mary’s recent noteworthy accomplishment in class was her insightful interpretation and thorough analysis of Indigenous poetry of Latin America.
— Mr. Simpson
Maggie Duffy (Honors Spanish III)
Maggie is a truly positive force in the classroom. Her thoughtful participation in conversations and willingness to help her classroom is commendable. Without fail, Maggie tries out new vocabulary words and structures, demonstrating her intellectual resilience.
— Profe Adrain
Acacia Nickeo (Spanish IV)
Acacia is passionate, excited, and devoted in every class. She works hard and she is a leader in class discussions. She has improved tremendously since the beginning of the year. Acacia always asks interesting and insightful questions that benefit her and the rest of the class. She is a star! I couldn’t be happier with her performance. I feel really proud of her accomplishments.
— Mr. Lopez-Diez
Lila Parsons (Spanish III)
Lila Parsons has done an excellent job during the first trimester in Spanish 3. She participates actively in class, and she is always willing to share ideas. Lila asks thoughtful questions that show curiosity and a desire to learn. In addition, she works hard and shows responsibility in all assignments and activities. Lila also makes the effort to use Spanish consistently in class, which has helped improve her fluency and confidence.
— Mr. Garcia
Adam Vigderman (Spanish II)
Adam has shown significant improvement and dedication since the beginning of the year. He consistently completes all assignments and does a great job on unit projects, clearly showcasing his developing language skills. Adam is a student who can be relied upon to help move the class forward by sharing his answers and participating actively. He takes risks with the language and makes a strong effort to remain in the target language during class activities and when working with peers. A job well done, Adam!
— Mrs. Kokoszka