Bay View Academy Students Earn Accolades On World Language Exams

East Providence, RI – Bay View Academy World Language students recently received local and national recognition for their success in exams and award competitions, including commendations by Rhode Island Teachers of Italian (RITI), the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI), the Rhode Island Foreign Languages Association (RIFLA) and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).

Several Bay View students also attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2015 National Spanish Examinations. In all, the girls earned a total of one gold (oro), two silver (plata) and four bronze (bronce) medals along with sixteen honorable mentions (honor).

“Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 156,000 students participating in 2015.”

Students from Bay View Academy have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers Rachel Barrer (Providence, RI), Virginia Davis (Bristol, RI), Pamela Farmer (Bristol, RI) and Vera Keller (East Providence, RI) in the Upper School.

The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Following are the results of local Bay View students participating in the National Spanish Exam:

Grade 9 - Español 2
Kailey Williams – Bronce, East Providence, RI

Grade 10 - Español 2
Maria Scavassin – Honor (Outside experience category), East Providence, RI

Grade 10 - Español 3
Vanessa Botelho – Honor, East Providence, RI
Amelia Brown – Honor, Seekonk, MA

Grade 12 - Español 4
Delia Sosa - Honor, East Providence, RI