2022 National Spanish Examinations Winners

The National Spanish Examinations (NSE) are online, standardized assessment tools for Grades 6-12, given voluntarily by about 4000 teachers throughout the United States, to measure performance (interpretive communication) and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language.

Students with outstanding scores on the National Spanish Examinations are recognized as follows:
Premio de Oro (Gold): Students scoring at or above the 95th percentile.
Premio de Plata (Silver): Students scoring from the 85th through the 94th percentiles.
Premio de Bronce (Bronze): Students scoring from the 75th through the 84th percentiles.

This year, 20 Saint Ignatius students were awarded national prizes in the NSE: 1 Gold, 6 Silver and 13 Bronze. 

Oro (Gold)
Level 1
Jad Alsouss '25

Plata (Silver)
Level 2
Pearce Gibbs '25
Oliver Polatz '25
Edwin Avery '25

Level 4
Pedro Villa-Forte '23
Owen Czyzynski '23

Level 5
Matthew Kelly '22

Bronce (Bronze)
Level 1
Lucas Perram '25
Owen Purcell '25
Parker Goins '25
Drew Kneblewicz '25
Andrew Hutter '25
Brett Krugman '25
Ray Zinicola '25

Level 2
Wilson Vong '24
Matthew Muntean '25
Joshua Toothman '24

Level 4
Roman Lucarelli '23
Max Wang '23
Alexander Barrameda '24

Please congratulate these Wildcats on their outstanding achievements!