Friday, April 25, 2008

Gateway Latin Students Sweep Medals in 2008 National Latin Exam

Gold and silver medals were the hallmark of the day, when 72 Gateway High School and Gateway Middle School Latin students scored at award winning levels on the 2008 Latin Exam. Twenty Two students won gold medals indicative of high achievement in Latin, with Nicole Marrow, scoring a perfect paper.The National Latin Exam is a competitive national academic test given in March of every year to measure achievement in Latin. The exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions on Latin grammar, vocabulary, derivatives, culture, mythology, and history. High performance on the exam is a measure of achievement recognized by colleges and universities throughout the nation.

Students winning Latin Awards are: Gold Medal (Summa Cum Laude): Nicole Marrow (perfect paper), Abhinav Kalavar, , Hnnah Dixon, Michael Kelly, Marissa Gogniat, Kunal Shah, Hayley Fedorek, Kelly McMasters, Brian Wallace, Kelly Guerrieri, Apeksha Vora, Joshua Phillips, Hannah Peters, Paul Halapin, Audrey Chiao, Avionna Baldwin, Michael Castiglione, Arah Cho, Elaine Sung, Shannon Lambert, Ashely Vojtek, and Jessica Cole. Silver Medal (Maxima Cum Laude): Grigoriy Mishkov, Thomas Randall, Brandon Kandrack, Saniya Sabnis, Tim Connolly, Shalini Shah, Awaiz Khan, Michael Obusek, Jessica Haley, Kim Miller, Yatindra Patel, Shivani Patel, Smtoj Singh, Elyse Horomanski, Chris Urban, Rebecca Stabile, Jim Castiglione, Kelly Miller, Jessica Giles, Stuart Herrmann, Robert Anderson, Eric Lopiccolo, Samir Kalavar, Tyler Hart, Stephen Liu, Lisa Cross, Nathan Phillips, Sophia Erb, Marissa Getty, Ryan Walters, and Ashley Giles. Magna Cum Laude: Jesse DeFazio, Christina Pendice, Zach Tolbart, Daniel English, Lori Stover, Andrew Coulter, Andrew Imblum, Will English, Ryan Donnelly, Daniel Wightkin, and Megan Geiselhart. Cum Laude: Deepshikha Sharma, Matt Lipner, Ryan Kandrack, Katie Myser, Beth Parker, Aaron Eixenberg, Ryan Gongloff, and Alicia Baughman

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