Middle Schoolers Top the National Latin Exam!

4/15/2015

Greg Mele (MS Latin Teacher)

The National Latin Exam provides an opportunity for our St. Andrew’s Middle School Latin students to compare their Latin knowledge with students from all 50 states and from many countries around the world. Nearly 150,000 students take this exam annually.

This year our 7th-graders took the Introduction to Latin Exam and our 8th-graders took the Latin I Exam. These exams test students on grammar, comprehension, mythology, derivatives, literature, Roman life, history, geography, oral Latin, and Latin in use in the modern world.

The exam was given in early March and the results are in! I’m very proud of the effort and attention that the students put in this year in preparing for this national exam. The level of their preparation is reflected in the number of awards that they earned. Nearly 80% of all St. Andrew’s Middle School Latin students received awards!

In the 7th grade, there were two students who earned perfect scores, another two who only missed two questions on the exam, and six students who earned certificates of merit for their performances.

In the 8th grade, there were three students that received gold medals as top scorers nationally, four that received silver medals as second-place winners, and one third-place winner.

Outstanding effort and congratulations to all!

2015 National Latin Exam Award Winners:

Introduction to Latin (7th Grade)

Ribbons and “Perfect Score” Certificates of Achievement

Henry Erlinger, Will Snider

Ribbons and Certificates of Achievement

Sina Mohammadi, Jack Cowan

Certificates of Achievement

Grace McKinnerney, Kyla Thompson, Madison McWilliams, Andrew Buller, Duval Bingham, Natalie Sequin

Latin I (8th Grade)

Gold medal and a Summa Cum Laude certificate awarded to top scorers

Emma Erben, Adrian Almy, Jacob Murphy

Silver medal and Maxima Cum Laude certificate to second-place winners