AATG-CLV Scholarship Winners

A n n o u n c i n g t h e 2 0 2 1 A AT G-C LV S c h o l a r s h i p W i n n e r s

AATG is pleased to announce the recipients of the AATG-Concordia Language Villages (CLV) "Next Best Thing to Being There" Scholarship from the 2021 National German Exam. To apply, students had to score in the 90th percentile on the National German Exam and meet all eligibility requirements. This year, 55 students were selected to receive a scholarship towards either a fourweek German immersion program (in-person or virtual) or a full scholarship for any one-week Waldsee Virtual Village program at Concordia Language Villages.

Congratulations to all scholarship recipients and their outstanding teachers!

The 55 prizewinners were: Liam Allison, Annika Bilderback, Halie Boyer, Isabella Brashear, Naomi Breuer, Benjamin Brobst, Minyi Chen, Lily Childress, Morgan Chow, E Chythlook, Nadia d'Arrigo, Daniel DuVernay, Ian Fabris, Malachi Feil, Ethan Frick, Chloe Genzel, Devon Goetz, Lauren Guo, Cathlene Horwege, Thomas Ji, Jasmine Jones, Ottilie Kissler, Jacob LaFore, Myles Lange, Ruby LaRocca, Olivia Latimer, Sabrina Lussier, Julia Martins, Grace McAdoo, Yuktha Milukuri, Sorochi Okwor, Thomas Palakapilly, Erin Park, Rebecca Phinney, Rain Rainbolt, Ryan Raisrohani, Carlton Roe, Lucas Ruebsamen, Tobia Ruth, Kate Schreiber, Alexandra Seesee, Blair Shatzel, Elizabeth Singer, Jocelyn Somerson, Christina Sorochinsky, James Sowerby, Josh Talluto, Salonee Verma, Maya Viswanathan, Madeline Waterfield, Leah Wiebe, Jenna Yaeger, Katherine Yang, Jocelyn Zhang, and Magdalena Zucek.

The outstanding performance of these German students in our national competition brings honor to their school, their district, and their German program. The AATG salutes their tremendous accomplishment and the great work their teachers do. Furthermore, thank you to all who gave the exams to your students this year. For those who did not administer the exam this year, I know full well that conditions were not right for many at this time, so please know you will be welcomed in the future when you decide to use this testing tool. My special thanks go to our National German Exam co-chairs, Cynthia Chalupa and Juan Carlos Morales, for their diligence and professionalism in assembling the exams this year.

To learn more about the National German Exam, visit www.aatg.org/page/NGE To learn more about Waldsee, German Language Village, visit ConcordiaLanguageVillages.org/German

Read the official press release from Concordia on Concordialanguagevillages.org

2021 National German Exam Honor Roll

1,377 Goldurkunde students 1,015 Silberurkunde students 1,034 Bronzeurkunde students

NEW THIS YEAR! View results according to level, state, and chapter name using the interactive map at aatg.org.