City School District Of Albany: Thirty-Eight Inducted Into Language Honor Societies

Albany NY

27 May, 2022

2:17 PM

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Press release from City School District of Albany: May 25, 2022 Albany High School inducted 38 students Wednesday into three World Language Honor Societies: National Chinese Honor Society, Société Honoraire de Français (French Honor Society) and Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (Spanish Honor Society). Congratulations to all these globally minded students! Each society is listed separately, and the inductees are listed in alphabetical order. Patrick Bergin, sophomore Hassan Carter, sophomore Samina Dix, sophomore Skylar Gaddy, sophomore Meghan Geraghty, senior Leighanna Harris-Inniss, junior Naw Htoo, senior Kevin Kam, junior Pyew Meh, sophomore Aye Moe, sophomore Katherine Myers, sophomore Shubham Rai, sophomore Brynn Russell, senior Eh Shar Blu Say, freshman Zae'viear Smith, freshman Christhyl Lien Tabanao, sophomore Dean Tyler, sophomore Helen Wunderlich, sophomore To be eligible for National Chinese Honor Society, a student must have studied Chinese at least four semesters and have an average of B or above. Teachers also can make decisions on individual student performance. Two freshmen are inductees because they studied Chinese in middle school Rachel Andrews, junior Hannah Bopp, sophomore Luke Gibson, sophomore Lyndsey Heyliger, sophomore Relani Hicks, sophomore Jessica Korbieh, sophomore Akshay Kumar, sophomore Elyse Roepe, sophomore Dorothy Sperry, junior Zoey Volmer, sophomore Also, seniors who received awards from the American Association of Teachers of French are: Daina Cleveland – Outstanding Senior Medal Ella Hallgren – Excellence in French Medal Frances Paguirigan – Excellence in French Medal To be eligible for Société Honoraire de Français, a student must be enrolled at least their fourth semester of French and have maintained a grade of at least A- for three consecutive semesters before and including the semester of induction. Neel Chittur, junior Ingrid Colafati, senior Tova Gordon, junior Ella Hallgren, senior (also a member of French Honor Society who received a French award Wednesday!) Leah John, junior Hannah Lamont, junior Emily O´Keefe, junior Isabella Plastiras, junior Sasha Post-Lais, senior Zane Sears, junior Grace Ustin, junior To be eligible for Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, a student must have an overall average above 85, a Spanish average above 90, be a junior or senior, have at least three semesters of high school Spanish, currently take an upper level Spanish class (level 3 or higher) or completed Spanish 5, and have a record of good conduct. This press release was produced by City School District of Albany. The views expressed here are the author's own.