American Classical League recognizes 43 scholars
Jack Fruin '27 and Karsen Puzniak '27 received perfect scores on the annual National Latin Exam.
By Richard Rosenthal, MS Latin Teacher & Julianna Lewis '14, HS Latin Teacher
The American Classical League recognized 43 Latin scholars for their performance on the 2023 National Latin Exam. Jack Fruin '27 and Karsen Puzniak '27 had perfect exams. Just over 1,300 students had perfect exams out of the 100,000 students who took the exam this year.
Along with Jack and Karsen, 18 additional USN students received Gold Summa Cum Laude distinction, which is the ACL's highest honor. In total the ACL recognized 43 USN scholars. The percentage of USN students recognized was twice the rate that students were recognized nationally.
Congratulations to each of the exceptional Latin scholars listed below:
Gold Summa Cum Laude
Abe Sharfstein '28
Adeline Miller '28
Suzie Zhao '28
Dalton Dervan '28
Jack Fruin '27
Karsen Puzniak '27
Lexa Drewry '27
Lucia Gellert '27
Zahra Ansari '27
Aaron Raney '27
Charlie Blau '27
Flora Li '27
Evan Giles '26
Sam Luffman '25
Daniel Guo '25
Sarah Page-McCaw '24
Cole Patterson '24
Laney Drew Hirt '24
Silver Maxima Cum Laude
Kevin Song '28
Asha Guha '28
Charlotte Soslow '28
Maggie Weiss '28
Basil Broemel '28
Annie Williamson '28
Lily Duong '28
Coco Shepard '27
Aria Little '27
Molly O'Loughlin '27
Peyton Peglow '26
Jackson Green '26
Cody Farr '26
Ruben Mata '25
Collin Chan '25
Caroline Keiper '25
Drew Brackett '24
Eli Galentino '24
Philip Feaster '23
Magna Cum Laude
Eli Shuster '28
Laura Grace Hirt '24
Cum Laude
Henry Hirt '28
Houston Hirt '28
Burcham Stanley '28
Charlie Hall '27
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The American Classical League recognized 43 Latin scholars for their performance on the 2023 National Latin Exam. Jack Fruin '27 and Karsen Puzniak '27 had perfect exams. Just over 1,300 students had perfect exams out of the 100,000 students who took the exam this year.
Along with Jack and Karsen, 18 additional USN students received Gold Summa Cum Laude distinction, which is the ACL's highest honor. In total the ACL recognized 43 USN scholars. The percentage of USN students recognized was twice the rate that students were recognized nationally.
Congratulations to each of the exceptional Latin scholars listed below:
Gold Summa Cum Laude
Abe Sharfstein '28
Adeline Miller '28
Suzie Zhao '28
Dalton Dervan '28
Jack Fruin '27
Karsen Puzniak '27
Lexa Drewry '27
Lucia Gellert '27
Zahra Ansari '27
Aaron Raney '27
Charlie Blau '27
Flora Li '27
Evan Giles '26
Sam Luffman '25
Daniel Guo '25
Sarah Page-McCaw '24
Cole Patterson '24
Laney Drew Hirt '24
Silver Maxima Cum Laude
Kevin Song '28
Asha Guha '28
Charlotte Soslow '28
Maggie Weiss '28
Basil Broemel '28
Annie Williamson '28
Lily Duong '28
Coco Shepard '27
Aria Little '27
Molly O'Loughlin '27
Peyton Peglow '26
Jackson Green '26
Cody Farr '26
Ruben Mata '25
Collin Chan '25
Caroline Keiper '25
Drew Brackett '24
Eli Galentino '24
Philip Feaster '23
Magna Cum Laude
Eli Shuster '28
Laura Grace Hirt '24
Cum Laude
Henry Hirt '28
Houston Hirt '28
Burcham Stanley '28
Charlie Hall '27
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