Wooster School Students Excel on National Latin Exam

The American Classical League, a professional organization for classicists, sponsors annually the National Latin Exam, a standardized Latin test for high school students.

This year, 19 Wooster Middle School students took the 2018 National Latin Exam, joining more than 150,000 students from around the world. Seven Wooster School students received honors on the National Latin Exam.

The philosophy of the National Latin Exam is predicated on providing every Latin student the opportunity to experience a sense of personal accomplishment and success in his study of the Latin language and culture. This opportunity exists for each individual student since, on the National Latin Exam, he is not competing with his fellow student on a comparative basis, but is evaluated solely on his own performance on the exam. The basic purposes of the NLE are to promote the study of Latin and to encourage the individual student. http://www.nle.org

Wooster School winners this year are as follows:

Latin 2 Exam

Julong Williams, summa cum laude with gold medal

Matthew Reeves, maxima cum laude with silver medal

Stephen Mayer, magna cum laude

Alex Ancona, cum laude

Latin 1 Exam

Aria Coe, maxima cum laude with silver medal

Chiara Bakalar, maxima cum laude with silver medal

Harlan Keller, magna cum laude

Wooster commends all of the students who took this examination for their extra effort.

About Wooster School

Wooster School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school, serving students from Fairfield and Westchester Counties. Located in Danbury, Connecticut, the School serves students from Kindergarten through grade 12. A leader in classroom innovation and teaching, Wooster School is a place where thinking and learning are personal, meaningful, and visible; and where faculty work closely with students in small classes and cohorts to think and communicate critically and creatively. At Wooster, every student participates, every student contributes, and every student learns and develops the necessary skills to be a life-long learner and leader in college and beyond.

To learn more, visit http://www.woosterschool.org/ or contact Wooster School Admissions at (203) 830-3916.