Students Excel on National Latin Exam

Seventeen students from The Harvey School earned awards for their performance on the National Latin Exam, an annual test that assesses their comprehension of Latin, its history and its culture.

The exam, which is administered worldwide by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League, is open to students enrolled in Latin or have completed a Latin course in the months leading up to the exam.
All of the exams include a series of multiple-choice questions on grammar, comprehension, mythology, life history, and derivatives.
Students who received Certificates of Achievement on the Introduction to Latin exam included sixth-graders Felipe Deihle, Mike Meehan, Quinn Schoen, and Kyle Williams; Zachary Bamford, a seventh-grade student; and eighth-graders Morgan Greenwald and William Schubert.

Students earning recognition on the Latin I exam were seventh-graders Ben Longson and Fiona Magliari, and eighth-graders Katherine Kessler and Tim McGee, who all received cum laude awards; Samantha Rettie, another eighth-grader, received the magna cum laude award, and ninth-grader Lydia Williams received the gold summa cum laude award.

Students receiving awards based on their performance in the Latin II exam included eighth-grader Natalia St. Lawrence, who received the cum laude award, and Emma Solomon and Chloe Gbai, who both received magna cum laude awards.

Gabbi Bertone, an 11th-grader, received the cum laude award in the Latin IV poetry exam.