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Wonderful Results of TJ
Students on 2008 National Latin Exam |
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We are pleased to announce
the wonderful results achieved by our students on the recent 2008 National
Latin Exam: On
March 13, 192 Thomas Jefferson
students took the examination along with 135,000 others worldwide, and almost all students received an award,
with the majority receiving a Gold or Silver Medal. I have given the examination for the past
22 years and I am thrilled with these marvelous results. Every Latin 1 student received either a
Gold (summa cum laude) or Silver Medal (maxima
cum laude)!! In addition, our Latin 1 average score of 38
was well above the national average of 28. Three
Latin I students: Arjun Chavern,
Matthew Craddock, and Jenny Tobat earned perfect
scores this year. The Latin 2 students performed extremely well, with every student
winning an award: summa, maxima, magna, cum laude. The TJ average was 37 while the national average was only a 28. Nine
outstanding Latin 2 students
earned a perfect score: Evan Liu,
Christine O'Donnell, Courtney Prothero, Quantam Wei, Krishnan Chander, Catherine Zucker,
Willis Wendler, Ashwin
Raja, and David Warrington. The Latin 3 performed well too.
The TJ average was 37,
while the national average was only 27.
Eight Latin 3 students:
Daniel Li, Amith Ananthram,
Alexander Spalding, Sarah Thomas, John Hife, Lorna
Zhang, Anne Marie Creighton, and Christopher Zhang earned perfect score, with
almost all other level three students earning a Maxima, Summa, or Magna
Cum Laude. The AP Latin students took either the Latin 3, 4 or 5 Poetry examinations
and ALL students received awards. The standards for medals are set much
higher at the upper-levels of Latin than they are at the lower levels. One
student: Maya Wei received a perfect score on the fiercely
contested Upper-Level poetry examination this year! In addition, ten students in their fifth year of Latin: Hannah Chartoff, Chester Markwalter,
Thomas Williams, Jesse Wong, William Mcgrath,
Nathan Harmata, Erin Glennon,
Nishant Trivedi, Zach
Mott, and Rita Patel earned gold medals on the very arduous Latin V examination. All students who earned a
perfect score will receive a framed hand crafted certificate. There were only 1,062 perfect scores this year
out of 135,000 students who took the National Latin Examination
world-wide. 21 perfect scores were earned by Thomas Jefferson Latin students. Eighteen students in upper level Latin have earned four
gold medals and have been awarded an Oxford
Classical Dictionary by the National Latin Examination Committee for
their tremendous achievement. These marvelous Latin students
are: Hannah Chartoff,
Greg Epremian, Erin Glennon,
Nathan Harmata, Allison Hegel, Keith Horita, Lara Howerton, Michael
Kim, Xiaoxiao Lin, Chet Markwalter,
Allison Ruth, Sam Pell, Eric Shi, Huyn Soo Suh, Eva Szymanski, Arvind Thiagarajan, Christina Wallin, and Lillian Waller. This year we are lucky to have
five distinguished students earn their FIFTH
GOLD MEDAL on the National Latin Exam. This is a rare achievement in the
Latin world and these students must be honored with great praise: Zach Mott,
Tom Williams, Rita Patel, Will McGrath, Nishant Trivedi, Jesse Wong. They will
receive a special book award. Daniel Li (III), Amith Ananthram (III), and Anne
Marie Creighton (III) also won the Carter Drake Goad Memorial book award for earning a
perfect score for three consecutive years.
Only 5 students in the The fourth annual Latin
Awards Ceremony will be held Wednesday,
May 21st. Latin students will receive awards earned throughout
the year: VJCL State Convention (held in November), Certamen
competitions, Classical Association of Virginia Tournament, and the Medusa
Mythology Examination. Thank you, Christine L. Conklin |