Congrats! 52 Westfield Students Earn Awards On National Latin Exam

WESTFIELD, NJ — Congrats to the 52 Westfield High School students who earned a variety of awards and recognitions at all four levels of the National Latin Exam, which is given annually in all 50 states and a number of countries worldwide!

Freshman Tomas Taaffe earned a perfect score on the level 1 exam and will receive special recognition for his accomplishment.

“Once again, the students in the Westfield High School Latin program have represented their school well. The large numbers of students winning awards, and in particular gold or silver medals, shows how enthusiastic they are about the Latin language and classical civilization. We are very proud of them and we are confident that the future of Latin at Westfield High School is very bright," stated WHS Latin teachers James Rowan and Barbara Bair in a release.

The following are the students who received awards:

Level 1

Gold Summa Cum Laude with Perfect Score

• Tomas Taaffe

Gold Summa Cum Laude

• Emma Downer
• Adam Holtzman
• Luke Mizus
• Wyatt Miller
• Timothy Miller
• Thomas Beck
• Stephanie Xiao
• Julianne Aronson
• Vaughan Price
• Brianna Hatch
• Tahani Ahmed
• Jackson Price
• Andrew Caminiti
• Sara Shen
• James McCutcheon

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

• Rachel Bowman
• Owen Ripperger
• Matthew McIntyre
• Rebecca Dunaief
• Natalie Nolan
• Julia Salvato
• Joshua Ebel

Magna Cum Laude

• Samantha Stravach
• Brendan Loder

Cum Laude

• Jackson O’Brien

Level 2

Gold Summa Cum Laude

• Lindsey Sharlow
• Brendan Riccardi

Magna Cum Laude

• Madeleine Sanford
• Jonathan Silva
• Darika Lara-Rodriguez
• Sean Riccardi
• Emma Escaldi

Cum Laude

• Matthew Kujawski
• Jack Miller
• Sa’id Kharboutli
• Ian Humphrey
• Paige Venturino

Level 3- Prose

Gold Summa Cum Laude

• Natalia Zeller MacLean
• Matthew Varano
• Nicholas Nolan
• Mark Fico

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

• Carly Kandel
• Nicholas Maher
• Ryan Murphy

Cum Laude

• Gabriel Giverlber
• Christopher Hoerrner
• Isabelle Cohen
• Samantha Ricci
• Owen Kessler

Level 4- Poetry

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

• Danielle Gabuzda
• Jack Fico

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