District closed for Independence Day
Albany High School inducted 38 students Thursday 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.
National Chinese Honor Society (Hua Lin, faculty adviser)
- Jalynn Campbell, sophomore
- Darielys Carrasquillo-Torres, senior
- Hassan Carter, junior
- Merna Elian, junior
- Shalimar Pennington Gonzalez, sophomore
- Franz Gopalsingh, junior
- Trinity Grant, sophomore
- Trennice Hoyte, senior
- Karisa Igbadi, sophomore
- Isaac Kamara, sophomore
- Htoo Myat Kyaw, sophomore
- Nishath Nabila, sophomore
- Esperanza Soto, junior
- Marfin Tobiyah, 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.
Société Honoraire de Français (Jennifer Edson, faculty adviser)
- Myles Bearden, sophomore
- Cassandra Colton-Heins, senior
- Arianna Costello, sophomore
- Sonja De Piro, sophomore
- Renee Geraghty, sophomore
- Joshua Kirtley, senior
- Jacob Levine, sophomore
- Kaylah Richards, sophomore
- Angie Mora Sanango, sophomore
- Christabelle Serrano, sophomore
- Matthew Serrano, senior
- Lin Oo Song, senior
- Tessa Weklar, sophomore
Also, seniors who received awards from the American Association of Teachers of French are:
- Elyse Roepe – Outstanding Senior Medal
- Rachel Andrews – Excellence in French Medal
- Dorothy Sperry – 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.
Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (Taylor Grzywacz, faculty adviser)
- Georgina Asante, sophomore
- Moria "Maggie" Cruz, sophomore
- Vicente del Puerto, senior
- Celia Diefendorf, sophomre
- Zvi Gomez, junior
- Endri Hoxha, junior
- Ava Muhammad, sophomore
- Ashly Pomavilla, junior
- Maisie Sagas, junior
- Rayna Swann, junior
- Anaya Zullo, 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.
