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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.

12 WYOMING SEMINARY LOWER SCHOOL SPANISH

CONTEST WINNERS HONORED AT KING'S COLLEGE

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.
 
Winners from the Wyoming Seminary Lower School include Katherine Farias, Hannah Frantz, Katherine Granger, Kelsey Grossman, Kyla Halsor, Gina Insalaco, Juliann Merryman, Neil O’Donnell, Anthony Sebia, Robyn Shonk, Nathaniel Tucker, and Katherine Wartella.
 
Participating were schools in the Wilkes-Barre area, Hazleton, Scranton, Pocono, and Allentown area.

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

Winners of the Spanish contest of the Northeastern Chapter of the National Spanish Examinations from Wyoming Seminary Lower School, seated from left: Kyla Halsor, Hannah Frantz, Katherine Farias, Kelsey Grossman, and Gina Insalaco. Standing: Neil O’Donnell, Nathaniel Tucker, Robyn Shonk, and Alex Byczkowski, assistant professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at King’s College.