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Members of Middle School teacher Meghan Glenn's Class V Latin class flash wide smiles post-exam. |
Thirty-two Middle School students, including every member of Class V and three Class VI students, took this year's Latin I National Latin Exam. Fifteen students earned gold medals and were awarded summa cum laude certificates; eight earned silver medals and were awarded maxima cum laude certificates; and five students were awarded magna cum laude certificates.
Two Nobles students, Kevin Lin '16 and Thomas Bono '17, earned perfect scores.
According to the NLE website, "More than 149,000 Latin students from all 50 states participated this year, as did students from 13 foreign countries, including Australia, Mexico, Belgium, Canada, China Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. This year for the first time, students from Bulgaria and Mozambique also took the NLE."
Visit www.nle.org for more information.