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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.

ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH CONTEST

WINNERS HONORED AT KING'S COLLEGE

2 Salisbury Middle School 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.
 
Salisbury Middle School students Neil Clark and John Gardus were Chapter winners for distinguishing themselves through regular classwork or experience in Spanish outside the classroom. Clark and Gardus received trophies and certificates for their accomplishment.
 
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.
 

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

Alex Byczkowski, assistant professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at King’s College; with Spanish contest winners of the Northeastern Chapter of the National Spanish Examinations, John Gardus and Neil Clark.