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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 15, 2005 -  Contact: Sandra Faux or Joseph Giomboni King’s College Public Relations Office, (570) 208-5958.

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH CONTEST

WINNERS HONORED AT KING'S COLLEGE

4 Hazleton area students receive Spanish awards

July 15, 2005– The National Spanish Examinations, given locally by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, concluded with 42 chapter winners from a pool of 715 middle and high school students who competed from regional public and private schools.
 
King’s College hosted an authentic Spanish dinner for area Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Spanish Examinations winners and their families at the College’s Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center. Alex Byczkowski, assistant professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at King’s College, is director of the program.
 
Ashley Morrison, MMI Preparatory, was presented with the annual Langenscheidt Award, jointly administered by Langenscheidt Publishers Inc., and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. The award honors students for an outstanding effort and achievement in the study of a foreign language, and consists of a certificate and a Spanish Dictionary. Chapter winners received trophies and a certificate.
 

King’s College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross

Winners from the Hazleton area are, from left: Yessenia Sanchez and Alexandra Blahosky, Bishop Hafey; Ashley Morrison, and Anna Loshakov, MMI Preparatory; Alex Byczkowski, assistant professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at King’s College.