Beverly, Danvers Residents Earn Honors On National Latin Exam

Press release from the Academy at Penguin Hall:

May 21, 2020

Eleven Students at The Academy at Penguin Hall Receive National Latin Exam Recognition

Penguin Hall Celebrates 2020 APH Student NLE Honorees

WENHAM, Mass., May 2020 — The Academy at Penguin Hall (APH) announces the following APH 2020 National Latin Exam Honorees and congratulates each of them on their accomplishment!

For students in LATIN 1, Rowan Brennan ’23 of Amesbury, MA, Keira Hogan, ‘23 of Danvers, MA and Julia Valanzola ‘23 of Burlington, MA achieved Summa Cum Laude, Gold Medal. MaryGrace Kane ’23, of Marblehead, MA and Annika Ainsworth ‘23 of Newburyport, MA achieved Magna Cum Laude. Finally, Sophia Baker ’23, of Stratham, NH, and Grace Keenan ‘23, of Newfields, NH achieved Cum Laude. For students in LATIN II, Avery Burke, ‘22 of Swampscott, MA achieved Maxima Cum Laude, earning the Silver Medal; and Anna Burrows ‘22 of Portsmouth, NH and Isabelle Grenier ‘22 of Rowley, MA achieved Cum Laude. Finally, Fiona Brymer, ‘21 of Beverly, MA achieved Magna Cum Laude for LATIN III.

APH requires one year of Latin for all first-year students. Students may study French, Spanish, or Latin to meet their language requirement of three consecutive years of study of world languages, although four is strongly encouraged. APH also offers Introductory Russian, and beginning Fall 2019, we also added Mandarin in cooperation with Gordon College.

The National Latin Exam (NLE) is sponsored by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League. It is a 40-question, multiple-choice test with a time limit of 40 minutes. There are questions on Latin grammar, mythology, derivatives, literature, Roman life, history, geography, oral Latin, and reading comprehension. Approximately 130,000 students took the test this year. Massachusetts is typically at or near the top of all states in the number of students participating.

The NLE was created over 30 years ago to promote the study of Latin and to encourage the individual student in their study of Latin. It is administered annually through the College of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia in all fifty states and in over a dozen countries.

For more information, visit www.nle.org.

About The Academy at Penguin Hall

The Academy at Penguin Hall is the only all girls college preparatory high school North of Boston. Located in Wenham, Massachusetts, Penguin Hall welcomes young women and their families to learn more about the school. Applications are being accepted for Fall 2020. For more information or to schedule a tour, visit www.penguinhall.org or call 978-468-6200.

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