Westfield students participate in Spanish National Honor Society

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  • (back):  Landan Escoto, Holly Swan, Anthony Manley, Mayghan Kemnitz, Ella Shillinglaw and Chloe Kerschner; (front):  Robert Moody, Matilda Wernet, Ella Carroll, Grace Peebles, Leah Coenen and Zaysha Foster.
    (back): Landan Escoto, Holly Swan, Anthony Manley, Mayghan Kemnitz, Ella Shillinglaw and Chloe Kerschner; (front): Robert Moody, Matilda Wernet, Ella Carroll, Grace Peebles, Leah Coenen and Zaysha Foster.
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La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, as the organization is called in Spanish, is similar to the National Honor Society. Only students in their third and fourth years of Spanish are eligible to become members. To earn membership, students must prove to be responsible and keep a solid Spanish GPA. Students in Spanish 3 must have a Spanish GPA of at least 3.5 and those in Spanish 4 must have at least a 3.2. In the past, students in this organization have collected school supplies that were delivered to an impoverished school in Belize and an orphanage in Ecuador. In addition, many participated in a toy drive collecting Christmas gifts for children in Peru. Students have also written Spanish essays, poems and stories that have been published in a Spanish language magazine called Albricias. Last week, returning members and new inductees were honored in their Spanish classes for their dedication to learning Spanish and for the excellence with which they have done so. The Don Quijote chapter of La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica is proud to welcome back our two year members Leah Conen, Mayghan Kemnitz, Anthony Manley and Ella Shillinglaw. Ella was also awarded Mejor Estudiante del capítulo. This award is given to the highest acheiving member of the Westfield chapter of this organization. Winners of this award are published each year in the Albricias magazine and online on the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica homepage. As second year members, this group received a pin for their academic letters in addition to the red and gold (the colors of Spain) honor cords any senior member of the group will receive for their graduation ceremony. This year the Spanish National Honor Society has one new member from the Spanish 4 class: Grace Peebles. The chapter also welcomes seven new inductees from the Spanish 3 class: (Seniors) Zaysha Foster and Matilda Wernet, (Juniors) Landan Escoto, Chloe Kerschner, Robert Moody and Holly Swan, and our first ever Sophomore, Ella Carroll. All of these students are extremely hard workers and many have a gift in learning languages. Their advisor, Spanish teacher Julianne West, believes it is a privilege to recognize their achievement. Congratulations for being consistently phenomenal students. ¡Felicidades!