Students ace National Latin Exam
The American Classical League recognized 36 University School of Nashville students for their scores on the National Latin Exam this year. Congratulations to Lucas Lupu ’31 and Zoey Wei ’31, who received perfect scores on the exam.
By Richard Rosenthal, MS Latin Teacher & Julianna Lewis ’14, HS Latin Teacher
The American Classical League recognized 36 Latin Scholars for their performance on the National Latin Exam.
Lucas Lupu ’31 and Zoey Wei ’31 had perfect exams. To put that in context, in 2025, just 1,100 of the 100,000 students who took the exam scored perfectly.
Including Lucas and Zoey, 12 Scholars received the highest award, Gold Summa Cum Laude: Rose Doyle ’30, Ian Drewry ’30, Max Haber ’31, Elliott Karpinos ’31, James Keiper ’31, Lucas Lupu ’31, Lily Miller ’31, Sulaiman Moskinzada ’31, Karsen Puzniak ’27, Eva Tranquilut ’31, Claire Yu ’30, and Zoey Wei ’31.
The American Classical League gave Silver Maxima Cum Laude to Corinna Collier ’30, Mac Perry ’30, Phoebe Schneider ’30, Rose Shellaway ’31, and Crockett Zieher ’31.
Eleven scholars were Magna Cum Laude: Barry Chen ’30, Clio Cherry-Pulay ’29, Dalton Dervan ’28, Lucia Gellert ’27, Liam McLaughlin ’30, Hattie Molvig ’29, Connor Mulron ’31, Isabella Naim ’29, Anand Pastakia ’30, Teddy Sauer ’31, and Charlotte Shinohara ’30.
Matthew Golann ’29, Rosie Hauser ’30, Asher Huffman ’29, Gil Jones ’29, Nora O’Loughlin ’30, Peyton Peglow ’26, and Maggie Weiss ’28 were Cum Laude winners.
Congrats to each of these scholars on their stellar performance.
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The American Classical League recognized 36 Latin Scholars for their performance on the National Latin Exam.
Lucas Lupu ’31 and Zoey Wei ’31 had perfect exams. To put that in context, in 2025, just 1,100 of the 100,000 students who took the exam scored perfectly.
Including Lucas and Zoey, 12 Scholars received the highest award, Gold Summa Cum Laude: Rose Doyle ’30, Ian Drewry ’30, Max Haber ’31, Elliott Karpinos ’31, James Keiper ’31, Lucas Lupu ’31, Lily Miller ’31, Sulaiman Moskinzada ’31, Karsen Puzniak ’27, Eva Tranquilut ’31, Claire Yu ’30, and Zoey Wei ’31.
The American Classical League gave Silver Maxima Cum Laude to Corinna Collier ’30, Mac Perry ’30, Phoebe Schneider ’30, Rose Shellaway ’31, and Crockett Zieher ’31.
Eleven scholars were Magna Cum Laude: Barry Chen ’30, Clio Cherry-Pulay ’29, Dalton Dervan ’28, Lucia Gellert ’27, Liam McLaughlin ’30, Hattie Molvig ’29, Connor Mulron ’31, Isabella Naim ’29, Anand Pastakia ’30, Teddy Sauer ’31, and Charlotte Shinohara ’30.
Matthew Golann ’29, Rosie Hauser ’30, Asher Huffman ’29, Gil Jones ’29, Nora O’Loughlin ’30, Peyton Peglow ’26, and Maggie Weiss ’28 were Cum Laude winners.
Congrats to each of these scholars on their stellar performance.
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