Perfect Scores in National Latin Exam
Two Rivers students achieved perfect scores on the recent National Latin Exam—Tayja Sallie ’21, a Latin Honors II student, and Katherine Liu ’23 in Introduction to Latin. More than 149,000 students from all 50 states and 16 foreign countries took the 2017 exam and only 813 earned perfect scores. In addition, Rivers students received five Gold Medals and 14 Silver Medals.
“It is a rare achievement and we are very happy for them!” commented Tayja’s Latin teacher Michael Girard about the perfect scores.
Fellow Latin teacher and chair of the Language Department Cath Favreau, who teaches Katherine, announced the names of the students who received national recognition for their performance, including students from each level of Latin offered at Rivers. Andrew Martin ’17, who received a Magna cum Laude on the Latin V exam, was the recipient of the Austin A. Chute Memorial Prize for Latin at Prize Day on May 26.
Introduction to Latin: Outstanding Achievement: Jack DosSantos, Cristina Gomez, Gretchen Kerfoot, Katherine Liu, Cole Pierson, and Sarah Stein; Achievement: Matthew Abrams, Sophie Bailey, Julien Burks, Colin Falvey, Crystaliz Frometa, Mark Herlihy, Isabelle Hilinski, Nick Ruddy, Tatiana Sanchez, and Nate Sugarman.
Latin I: Silver Medalist: Jack Desmond, Maddie Foley, Lily Girard, Kiera Harder, and Thomas McShane; Magna cum Laude: Oliver Boisvert and Sebastian Connelly; Cum Laude: John Hilinski and Dylan Mentis.
Latin II: Gold Medalist: Kevin Kamanitz, Tayja Sallie, and Philip Tresca: Silver Medalist: Romy Arie, Tyler Day, and Mason Tuff; Magna cum Laude: Elizabeth Donovan, Zoie Gainey and Adeline Vettel: Cum Laude: Jessica Mulder.
Latin III: Gold Medalist: Lindy Billhardt and Callie Kamanitz; Silver Medalist: Caroline Grady and Maggie Monaghan; Magna cum Laude: Colette Meier, Gray Pierson, Emily Shen, and Leighton Young.
Latin IV: Silver Medalist: Charlie Bondhus, Julia Holton, Brett Rahbany, and Maya Wasserman; Magna cum Laude: Michael Young.
Latin V: Magna cum Laude: Andrew Martin; Cum Laude: Charles Parsons.
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