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Principal Michaela Greco of Atlantic Highlands announced the results for the Jersey Shore students who participated in nationally recognized language profiency exams administered by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) , and the German Federal Republic’s Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA), as well as certificates of achievement presented by the German Consulate in New York City.

American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) Awards Four

Of the nineteen GSMC students who participated in the annual American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) that tests 26,000 students nationwide for listening comprehension, reading and conversational skills, applied structure of grammar and idioms in context, and reading comprehension, Cameron S., and Jessica Birk, each received a 97% proficiency and Christopher Drew and Sophie Birk received 94% and 90% proficiency, respectively. This level of proficiency corresponds to 700+ on the SATs.

German Federal Republic/Agency for German Schools Abroad Recognizes Seven

The Agency for German Schools Abroad recognized the following students for proficiency of the DSD A2 exam that prepares students for study abroad and is administered to more than 40,000 students at 800 schools worldwide: Careena Menzel (Rumson), Cameron S., Jessica Birk (Holmdel), Colette Lichtenstein (Middletown), Laura Ann Vorbach (Spring Lake), Elizabeth Falls (Middletown) and Susan Rebecca Lukacs (South River).

The Agency also honored Cameron with a pizza party for his entire class for placing second in the annual reading competition held at the Goethe Institut, New York.

“Having our students participate in these various exams helps us prepare them for AP German, SAT II Subject German tests, as well as study and work abroad should they wish,” notes Principal Greco.

Cameron S, Jessica Birk, Elizabeth Falls

German Consulate New York City Awards Certificates and Books

Finally, the German Consulate issued certificates of achievement with German language reading books to 11 students: Marlene Krueger (Fair Haven), Kaleigh Siemer, Jack Murphy, Susanna Falls, Colette Lichtenstein, Lena Braun, (Middletown), Ryan Bachmann (Long Branch), Annika Sharp, Sophie Birk and Joseph Salvia (Holmdel), Tatjana Roessle (South Amboy).

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