Today at Breck
Spring 2015
Today at 123 Ottawa Avenue North
• Level III: Oro: Jonathan Curoe (11); Plata: Sung-Wan Huh (10); Bronce: Gabriella Scarpa (10), Dalton Weigel (10); and eight students earning Honors • Level IV: Bronce: Isabella Jennings (10), Catherine Schmoker (10), Gloriana Wolf (11); and 14 students
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earning Honors • Level V: Oro: Emma Senner (12); Plata: Sara Carle (11), Sarah Gunderson (10), Samuel Rex (10), Ingrid Thyr (11);
Breck Students Win Recognition for Excellence in Chinese, Spanish
Bronce: Henry Louris (10), Olivia Richards (10); and four students earning Honors • Level VI: seven students earning Honors A complete list is posted on Breck’s website.
Twenty-five students have been inducted into the National Chinese Honor Society for having achieved proficiency in the language. They are Erica Buckingham, Robert Christianson, Jonathan Curoe, Jack Dickinson, Joseph Ehlert, Tait Helgaas, Taylor Hendrickson, Charles Gamer, Sung Rim Huh, Adrianna Keller, Peter Kiesel, Edward Kuhns, Kendall Kozikowski, Madi Lommen, Evalyn Mackenzie, Hannah Mirviss, Simon Parish, Anna Redmond, Andrew Sit, Moira Southern, William Stuart, Jaila Tolbert, Nathaniel Westerman and Cassidy Yueh. Breck students had a very good showing on the 2015 National Spanish Exam. Students at the oro (gold) and plata (silver) level were invited to an awards ceremony at the Wellstone Center on May 16. Medal winners and their grades: • Level I: Bronce: Rachel Bagley (8), Elizabeth Bly (9), Daniel Gutierrez (9), and four students earning Honors • Level II: Oro: William Setterberg (11), Jack Weinstein (8); Plata: Annabel Chosy (9), Nina Eyres (8), Jacob Johnson (8), Anthony Palmer (9), Darlene Radichel (8), Katie Dougherty (8), Deirdre O’Neill (8), Charlie Prest (8), Brett Schoppert (8), Josh Taylor (8); and 21 students earning
Who Knew?
Fourth grader Lily Larson taught a Mustang Club course called “Eight Hours of Code.” With Lower School Director Peg Bailey as her co-teacher, Lily was able to share her knowl-
Raffel (9), Sara Rex (8); Bronce: Ethan Boyer (8), Sean
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meet our youngest instructor
edge of coding with her peers. The class practiced coding for computer programming and games, heard from guest speaker and Upper School Dean A. J. Colianni and took a field trip to the robotics lab.
78% Upper School students who participated in athletics in 2014-15