We are proud to announce that SLS students Jacob Kruchten, Stephanie Kotch, and Juan Diego Borja have won three of the six prizes offered in the Second Edition of the ISEN University Center (University of Murcia) Short Story in Spanish Regional Contest for 11th and 12th graders. Mr. Kruchten won sixth place; Miss Kotch, fifth; and Mr. Borja, third. The Award Ceremony took place at the Real Casino Murcia followed by a cocktail with the sponsors and members of the jury. Congratulations!
Picture: Ms. Daniela Zúñiga, SLS Head of the Spanish Language and Literature Department (second in the first row, from left to right), and Miss Stephanie Kotch, one of our winners! (third in the first row, from left to right)
SLS student Jacob Kruchten and former SLS student Michael Rego have met the requirements to enter the National Merit Scholarship Corporation Program for the year 2016. Only students with outstanding academic potential are considered for this contest, for each of these students is among the 50,000 highest scoring participants for the PSAT nationwide. Congratulations!
We are glad to announce that Juan José Cornejo, our eighth grade student, was awarded second price in the XXVIIth Edition of the ´´Encarnación Martínez Barberán´´ Literary Contest for Children and Young People, 2015 . The contest in which students from all over the Region of Murcia participated was organized by the Centro Concertado de Enseñanza Samaniego in Alcantarilla.
The award ceremony took place this past April 23th and our student´s awarded title of his short story is Hasta caer del árbol/ Until One Falls from the Tree.
Congratulations, Juan José!
We are proud to announce that SLS eleventh grader Jacob Kruchten has been invited by Harvard University to participate in the Harvard Summer School Program from June 20 to August 8, 2015. Jacob´s extraordinary performance in his SAT, SAT II, and AP Exams has qualified Jacob to be chosen for this exclusive opportunity.
Congratulations!