5 Westover Students Honored for Latin Composition

Middlebury, Connecticut – Five Westover students have earned medals in the SCRIBO International Latin Composition Contest, which is administered by Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute. A short story written by one of the Westover students honored is one of only a dozen selected to be published as part of the contest.

“The students wrote short stories and poems – yes, in Latin! – that were submitted to the contest in December,” said Kathryn Albee, Westover’s Language Department chair who teaches Latin and English as a Second Language classes. “Several of the students wrote their award-winning compositions just four months after their introduction to the language.”

In addition to earning a medal, a story written by Tiffany Villacres, a freshman from Belleville, New Jersey, was chosen to be published in SCRIBO: Young Authors 2014. This volume, available on CD or in print, provides new and original passages for Latin teachers worldwide to read with their classes. “Tiffany’s short story was one of twelve passages, written by students from schools in the US and Canada, to be chosen for publication,” Albee said. “Tiffany’s story is about a young woman who is loved and cared for by the god Mars, only to be punished by the jealous goddess of love, Venus.” 

The four other prize-winning students are Lindsay Cronin, a freshman fromDanbury; Gwynne Dulaney, a sophomore from Roxbury; Katie Krygowski, a senior from Shelton; and Cailee Tallon, a senior from Sandy Hook.

Albee noted that “this is Katie Krygowski’s second consecutive award in this annual competition.” The winners were presented with medals and certificates.

Westover is a selective boarding and day school in Middlebury, Connecticut, with 205 students in grades 9-12 from 17 states and 20 countries. The School offers its students more than 20 Advanced Placement courses as well as signature programs in science, engineering, art history, and music.