March 30, 2010 - This past winter, 123 German students from Shaker High School participated in the 2010 National German Exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). These German students competed against 26,000 students nationwide and achieved some remarkable results in this prestigious competition.

Kevin Angstadt, who scored in the 99th and Nathan Wei who scored in the 97th percentile in the nation, became eligible for the AATG Study Trip Award. Noah Van Ryn, Daniel Stuart, Sam Junidlo, and Matthew Macutek ranked within the top 20. In addition, Jessica Pavelec, Ryan O’Connor, Megan Martel, Adam Rogers, Ramy Elminyawi, Samantha Sohnen, Yun Choi, and Doris Pu all scored in the 78th percentile and were also awarded certificates of merit for their participation in this contest.

The American Association of Teachers of German commended Ms. Muldoon and Dr. Reale, the German teachers, for the performance of their students in the 2010 AATG National Testing Program.