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The Edmond Sun
      Edmond teachers Dustin        fields.                    up to take part in one or        courses. The training is    majority of the courses will   school and high school.
                                                                                     EDUCATION
                                                                                           IN BRIEF
     OCS Spanish students             The individual awards    Zach Kittle, Katy Koch,          Al King.                    added new principals and       across Oklahoma.
     score well                     were as follows:           Olivia McKinnis, Lauren            The National Spanish      leaders to its growing           As we prepare for the
                                      Silver: Morgan Andrews   McPherson, Ella Meyer,           Examinations are admin-     team and has announced         coming school year, were
       Several students taking      and Ethan Henderson;       McClain Mueller, Collin          istered each year in        several internal promo-        thrilled to announce sev-
     Spanish courses at               Bronze: Bosten Benn,     Redwine, Joshua Rogers,          grades 6 through 12, and    tions.                         eral new members to our
     Oklahoma Christian             Conner Kramer, Hannah      Jack Roubik, Sydney              are sponsored by the          Amanda Lashley of            team who are superstars
     School recently attained       Mooney and Rohan           Schmedt, Nathan Shell,           American Association of     Edmond has been pro-           in the field of education
     national recognition for       Rajeev; and                Tifton Spradlin,                 Teachers of Spanish and     moted to special educa-        and will be effective in
     excellent performance on         Honorable Mention:       McKenzie Trent and Clint         Portuguese.                 tion principal.                helping our students and
     the 2017 National              Will Aiken, Connor Amy,    Weathers.                                                      With more than 9,000         faculty be successful,
     Spanish Examinations.          Ashlee Andress, Connor       Students from OCS              EPIC Charter Schools adds   students statewide,            said Superintendent
       Students from OCS            Arnold, Benjamin Babb,     have a long history of                                       EPICs new principals and      David Chaney. Likewise,
     earned a total of two sil-     Lowrey Beard, Morgan       high achievement on
                                                                                                personnel, announces        school leaders also hail       we have some superstars
     ver and four bronze            Campbell, Jaxon Canard,    these exams and were             internal promotions for     from across the state and      who are already serving
     medals along with 28           John Doudican, Brenna      taught by Spanish teach-         new school year             will be responsible for        our families who we are
     honorable mentions.            Golden, Jayda Grant,       ers Pamela Donahoo,                                          students and teachers          pleased to promote.
       Attaining a medal or        Tanner Holliman, Abigail   Courtney De Trinidad,             OKLAHOMA CITY 
     honorable mention for          Johnson, Kambel Kerby,     Jenifer Edwards, and Dr.         EPIC Charter Schools, has
     any student on the
     National Spanish
     Examinations is very
     prestigious, said Kevin
     Cessna-Buscemi, nation-
     al director of the exams,
     because the exams are
     the largest of their kind in
     the United States with
     over 157,000 students
     participating in 2017.
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