29 Get Top National Latin Exam Honors

Twenty-nine Foote students took home awards in this year's National Latin Exam, a 40-question challenge that covers grammar, syntax, Latin sayings/mottos, and Roman history, religion, and culture.

Each year, international and U.S. students take the National Latin Exam, which ranges from elementary school to college level. Awards were given to students who scored above the national average.

Seventh Grade-Introduction to Latin Exam

Magna Cum Laude

Annie Burwell

Erica Choi

Violet Lloyd

Eleazar Parra

Cornelia Piasecki

Charlie Schwartz

Cum Laude

Ellen Ferguson

Charlotte Martinez

Mara Solas-Gandhi

Matt Sweet

Eighth Grade-Beginning Latin 

Summa cum Laude with a gold medal

Ben Normandin

Ellie Sudmyer

Maxima Cum Laude with a silver medal

Georgie Esselstyn

Safiya Gonzalez

Tristan Shahid

Gabriel Wang

Magna Cum Laude 

Dar Assaf

Lark Bromage

Matthew El Fakhri

Blake King

Audrey Lasater

Daniel Lui

Ruth Alice Myers

Cum Laude 

Will Caplan

Eloise Dickson

Noah Fisher

Eve Laskin-Tievsky

Clara Lu

Jessica Park