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District German students score among best in the country

March 9, 2009 -- District students were among an estimated 26,000 students nation-wide to participate in the National Standardized German Exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German. Irondale and Mounds View High School students who scored in the 80th percentile or above totaled 21 students this year with six of these students scoring high enough to go on to compete for an all-expenses paid trip to Germany.

Students who scored in the 80th percentile or above on the National German Exam include:

Irondale High School
Brent Connolly, German II
Erik Johnson, German III
Allison Kraft, German III
Brooke Hayashida, German III
Jackie Hill, German IV
Ian Nederhiser, German II
Rosina Pletscher, German II
Molly Seberg, German III
Brandon Strub, German III
Wes Tish, German III
Brian Walters, German IV

Mounds View High School
Kristine Bornus, German III
Alex Breyfogle, German II
Lindsay Nevalainen, German III
Jeffrey Barcus, German III
Andrew Carlson, German III
Briana Johnson, German II
Ian Liu, German IV
Elizabeth Newton, German IV
Calli Oliverius, German II
Erika Senyk, German II

Students scoring in the 90th percentile or above went on to compete for an all-expenses paid trip to Germany. Irondale students who scored in the 90th percentile or above include: Brent Connolly, Erik Johnson and Allison Kraft. Mounds View students who scored in the 90th percentile include: Kristine Bornus, Alex Breyfogle and Lindsay Nevalainen.