Eureka!

Félicitations! Gratulationes! Felicitaciones! 恭喜! Middle and high school students received honors based on their performance on a 2022 national language exam. Every student in grade 7 and above chooses a language (French, Latin, Mandarin, or Spanish) to study, and each April, our students participate in the national French, Latin, and Spanish exams, which are taken by students across the country. This year, it is the first time that we offered HSK, the Chinese Proficiency Test to our students. Students from primary to high school all passed their levels of test. We are thrilled to see our students thrive in learning various languages.

National French Contest
Le Grand Concours (the National French Contest) is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). For more than 80 years, the AATF has sponsored this event to reward and recognize individual student and teacher achievements. 

GOLD MEDALISTS (Students in the 95th percentile and above)
Ian W. ’27 - 98th percentile, 2nd in the nation, Level 01
John S. ’27 - 97th percentile, 3rd in the nation, Level 01
Will D. ‘26 - 98th percentile, 2nd in the nation, Level 1
Andrew H. ‘26 - 97th percentile, 3rd in the nation, Level 1
Natasha A. ‘25 - 97th percentile, 3rd in the nation, Level 2
Laila A.  ’25 - 96th percentile, 5th in the nation, Level 3
Rodrigo G-F. ‘22 - 95th percentile, 8th in the nation, Level 4

SILVER MEDALISTS (Students in the 94th through 85th percentile)
Edward S. ’26 - 94th percentile, 5th in the nation, Level 1
Christopher S. ‘26 - 94th percentile, 5th in the nation, Level 1
Henry P.  ’25 - 92nd percentile, 6th in the nation, Level 2
Chelsea H. ’24 - 94th percentile, 6th in the nation, Level 3
Melis O. ’24 - 92nd percentile, 7th in the nation, Level 3
Cynthia T. ’23 - 94th percentile, 9th in the nation, Level 4
Nathan H-H. ’23 - 91st percentile, 11th in the nation, Level 4

BRONZE MEDALISTS (Students in the 84th through 75th percentile)
Srikha M. ’26 - 81st percentile, 11th in the nation, Level 1
Rebecca P.  ’26 - 76th percentile, 13th in the nation, Level 1
Anahit H. ’25 - 79th percentile, 12th in the nation, Level 2
Daria L. ’23 - 79th percentile, 16th in the nation, Level 4

MENTION D’HONNEUR (Students in the 74ththrough 50th percentile)
Matthew S. ’27 (61st percentile, 13th in the nation, Level 01
Ana Y. ’27 (61st percentile, 13th in the nation, Level 01
Grace A. ’26 - 69th percentile, 16th in the nation, Level 1
Ria C. ’26 - 54th percentile, 21st in the nation, Level 1
Srinidhi P. ’26 - 51st percentile, 22nd in the nation, Level 1

National Latin Exam
The National Latin Exam is an annual scholastic competition in which Latin students from all over the world compete by taking a grade-appropriate test. The test not only covers the basic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary students have been learning, but also gives them an opportunity to demonstrate what they’ve learned about Roman history, mythology, and geography. The following were honored for their exemplary scores:

Gold Summa cum Laude
Rebecca C. ‘27
Chloe G. ‘27
Mohan P. ‘27
Natalie W. ‘27
Caden Z. ‘25
Cavan G-O’N. ‘23 (who achieve 4 consecutive GOLD Summa cum Laude awards on the National Latin Exam)

Silver Maxima cum Laude
Anna W. ‘27
Sophia W. ‘27
Grace Y. ‘27
Justin Y. ‘27
James F. ‘26
Yara H. ‘26

Magna cum Laude
Arjun R. ‘27
Phoenix D. ‘25
Carmen H. ‘24

Cum Laude
Aneesh V. ‘23
Robert W. ‘23

National Spanish Exam
The National Spanish Exam is a nation-wide contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. It is a prestigious exam and the largest of its kind in the United States. We are very proud of our students and want to share with you the amazing results!

Gold Medals
Rebeca M-d-F. ‘27
Carson S. ‘26
Vincenzo T. ‘25
Thomas Z. ‘25

Silver Medals
Anabella T. ‘27
Natalie H. ‘27
Sanvi C. ‘26
Stephen C. ‘26
Ethan V. ‘26
Siddarth Y. ‘26
Ian P. ‘25
Taran K. ‘25
Shaun J. ‘24
Luana M-d-F. ‘23

Bronze Medals
Lillian S. ‘27
Tahiya H. ‘27
Giorgio T. ‘27
Avery D. ‘27
Riya G. ‘27
Ethan S-S. ‘26
Kason A. ‘26
Catie D. 26
Leon L. ‘25
Daniel Y. ‘25
Asher V. 25
Daniel F. ‘25
Arav M. ‘25
Neha D. ‘24

Honorary Mention
Matteo T. ‘27
Rayan Z. ‘27
Riya S. ‘27
Zayan D. ‘27
Anjali K. ‘27
Kathan P. ‘27
Xinyu Y. ‘27
Sofia G. ‘26
Alina A. ‘26
Rohan P. ‘24
Ruchika E. ‘25
Saaketh V. ‘25
Julia C. ‘25
Joseph L. ‘25
Sia A. ‘24
Pranav A. ‘23
Naomi B. ‘24
Rithik P. ‘23
Ashley Z. ‘24
Eesha M. ‘23
Albert W. ‘23
Nathalia O-B. ‘24
Arnav A. ‘23
Suman S. ‘23

HSK Chinese Proficiency Test
The HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) is the standardized test of Mandarin Chinese for non-native speakers. The test is administered by Hanban, an agency of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. This is our first year bringing this test to BIM. We are so proud to announce the following individuals:

Level 1
Camille F. ‘26
Nicholas Z. ‘26
Tyler D. ‘29
Brandon D. ‘26

Level 2
Hera L-Y. ‘26
Devin P. ‘24
Haasini A. ‘24
Gavin W. ‘25
Zain A. ‘25
Ashi M. ‘30
Shenghan X. ‘30

Level 3
David Z. ‘26
Justin L. ‘24
Logan S. ‘24
Jessica D. ‘25
Yilin Z. ‘27
Alex L. ‘27
Andy J. ‘30
Arthur H. ‘23
Sophia J. ‘26 

\Level 4
Audrey L. ‘28
Fiona X. ‘24
Yue P. ‘29
Mandi W. ‘31

Level 5
Hongming M. ‘26
Wenyu X. ‘26
Angela J. ‘26

Level 6
Zhenqing P. ‘26
Xinyu Y. ‘27
Jiashu Z. ‘25
Wenrui L. ‘24
Dorothy Z. ‘22