First Place: Rachel Robertson
Nominating Teacher: Laura K. Wagner
School: McDowell Intermediate High School
Second Place: Emily Pinto
Nominating Teacher: Kathryn Lumley-Pohl
School: Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy
Third Place: Ruth Spurlock
Nominating Teacher: Maureen McArdle
School: Hempfield Area Senior High School
Honorable Mention: Scott Weiner
Nominating Teacher: Robin Harvey
School: Wissahickon High School
PSMLA OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING WORLD
LANGUAGE STUDENT
PRIZES
1ST PLACE - $150 award and a one year membership in PSMLA*
2ndPlace - $100 award
3rd Place - $50 award
*In addition, the school of the 1st Place award recipient will receive a one-year basic level Institutional
Membership in PSMLA.
CRITERIA
a. Students must have a minimum of 3.75 grade point average in world language classes
(based on a 4.0 system).
b. Students must have studied at least one world language other than English for 4 consecutive years.
c. Students must also have an overall grade point average of 3.5 (based on a 4.0 point system).
d. Students must have made outstanding contributions to world language activities
in their school.
e. Students must be interested in pursuing a career that will utilize language skills.
Teachers nominating students must be 2008 members of PSMLA!
(either an individual member or a teacher at an institution holding an institutional membership)
A teacher may nominate one student per world language he/she teaches.