In November of 2011, twnety-four Upper School Latin students participated in the National Classical Etymology Exam, testing their knowledge of the Greek and Latin roots of English words. Eleven of these students received recognition for their performance on the exam in the form of a gold, silver or bronze medal.

Receiving Gold Medals:

Simran Frontain
Olivia Hindera
Zack Osborne
John Sealy

Receiving Silver Medals:

Connor Blake
Connor Butler
Rachel Deleery
Bryce Deskins

Receiving Bronze Medals:

Kathryn Gernstein
Alex Lewis
Hannah Winslett

Last weekend seventeen students from St. Andrew's went to New Haven, Connecticut for the Yale Certamen Tournament. Competing against schools from all over the nation, St. Andrew's teams made semifinals in all three levels. The intermediate team consisting of Connor Brucker '15, Asa Buehler '15, Nate Eakman '14, Logan Giberson '15, and Alex Lewis '14 received fourth place overall. Congratulations to all and good luck at this weekend's Crusader Classic.

The SAS upper school speech and debate team particpated in a Texas Forensic Assocation tournament at Lake Travis HS on September 10. The team entered four students in original oratory and four in student congress, and all four students made the finals in each event.

 In oratory, SAS students made up four of the six speeches in finals, selected from a field of about thirty speakers.  Sam Andrews '13 placed 3rd, Kate Gester '12 placed 4th, Sara Weiss '12 placed 5th, and Jaron Shrock '14 placed 6th. In Student Congress, all four SAS students were in the top ten from a starting field of thirty-five entries. Weiss placed 4th, Gester placed 6th,... more