HS Students Win Latin Competition

by Diane Sorrel, Latin teacher

Last week 25 USN students competed in a Latin contest, with the academic and art competition held at Hume-Fogg and the Certamen (Latin quiz bowl) at MBA.
Student performance on both days earned sweepstakes points, and the results are in: USN took first place in the largest division (AAA). Here are the individual results:
 
Adam Beasley: Advanced Grammar and Roman Life: 2nd place; Heptathlon, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary: 3rd place; Roman History: 4th place
 
Zachary Bressman: Advanced Grammar: 1st (Best In Show); Derivatives, Heptathlon, Latin Literature: 2nd; Roman Life, Vocabulary: 3rd; Mythology: 4th
 
Jordan Burnett: Advanced Grammar: 2nd; Vocabulary: 5th
 
Elliott Clark: Ancient Geography, Derivatives, Heptathlon: 1st; Latin Grammar, Roman History: 2nd; Mythology: 3rd
 
Courtney Edington: Scultpure: 4th
 
Beth Eidam: Ancient Geography: 2nd; Advanced Grammar, Vocabulary: 4th; Derivatives, Mythology: 5th
 
Elizabeth Flatt: Latin Literature: 2nd; Derivatives: 3rd; Advanced Grammar, Heptathlon, Mythology: 4th; Reading Comp., Vocab.: 5th
 
Annie French: Reading Comp., Derivatives: 1st (Best of Show!); Adv. Grammar, Vocab.: 2nd; Mythology: 3rd
 
Rebecca Harwood: Vocab.: 2nd; Adv. Grammar: 3rd; Read. Comp.: 4th
 
Jonathan Hudson: Derivatives: 5th
 
Brad Johnson: Mythology: 2nd; Rom. Hist.: 3rd; Adv. Grammar: 4th; Reading Comp., Vocab.: 5th
 
Shriya Karam: Heptathlon: 3rd; Latin Lit.: 4th; Mythology: 5th; Sculpture: 2nd
 
Alex Lomis: Graphic Arts, Mixed Media: 2nd
 
Margaret Luffman: Ancient Geography, Roman History: 1st; Heptathlon: 3rd; Mythology: 4th;
 
Sophie Perfetto: Vocabulary: 1st; Derivatives, Reading Comprehension: 2nd; Advanced Grammar, Mythology: 3rd
 
Courtney Rabb: Advanced Grammar, Vocabulary: 3rd; Reading Comprehension: 4th; Roman Life: 5th; Graphic Arts, Mixed Media: 5th
 
Henry Rieniets: Advanced Grammar, 2nd; Read. Comp.: 3rd; Ancient Geography, Derivatives, Latin Lit., Roman History: 4th
 
Conor Rork: Reading Comp. 1st; Derivatives: 2nd; Mythology: 3rd; Heptathlon, Vocabulary: 4th; Advanced Grammar: 5th
 
Arpan Sarkar: Advanced Grammar, Mythology, Vocabulary: 1st; Derivatives, Readhing Comp.: 2nd
 
Jessica Schreiber: Derivatives: 1st; Heptathlon, Vocabulary: 2nd; Advanced Grammar, Ancient Geography, Latin Lit., Mythology, Roman Life: 3rd; Reading Comp., Roman History: 4th
 
Andrew Steed: Derivatives: 2nd; Grammar, Mythology: 3rd; Reading Comp.: 5th
 
Isla Tarleton: Mythology, Vocabulary: 2nd; Reading Comp.: 3rd; Derivatives: 4th; Advanced Grammar: 5th
 
Joel Tyson: Vocabulary: 1st; Grammar, Reading Comp.: 3rd
 
CERTAMEN: Novice Level - 1st place; Intermediate Level - 2nd place; Advanced Level - 1st place
 
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