Classics Scholars Earn Honors on National Exams in Latin, Greek
Groton’s young Classicists excelled once again this year on the National Latin Exam, with 84
percent of the 135 students who took the exam receiving honors. Likewise, of eleven Groton
students taking the national exam in Ancient Greek, nine earned accolades.
On the Latin exam, 35 percent earned summa cum laude distinction for a gold medal, 28 percent
scored maxima cum laude for a silver medal, 15 percent magna cum laude, and 6 percent cum
laude.
Five students had perfect scores: Eric Ge ’24, Max Fan ’25, Bridget McAvoy ’24, Tsion Shamsu
’24, and Brianna Zhang ’23.
Earning summa cum laude were Lawrence Amos ’24, Amelia Barnum ’24, Ryder Cavanaugh
’24, JP Charpentier ’25, Evan Cheigh ’22, Sophia Deng ’22, Max Fan ’25, Allen Fang ’24,
Jeremy Gall ’24, Eric Ge ’24, Alicia Guo ’24, Brayden Haggerty ’23. Sarah Hastings ’23,
Timothy Hebard ’24, Alyssa Hummel ’23, Noemi Iwasaki ’22, Jiachang Kang ’22, Asante Kiio
’25, Michelle Kim ’23, Rufus Knuppel ’22, Jonathan Lai ’24, Julia Landau ’25, William Laws
’25, Amelia Lee ’22, Jessica Lee ’24, April Li ’24, Julia Lin ’22, Michael Lu ’24, Amy Ma ’23,
Aryan Mago ’24, Devon Mastroianni ’23, Clara Maturo ’25, Bridget McAvoy ’24, Annie
O’Leary ’21, Steven Pang ’22, Jane Park ’21, Annie Pei ’22, Benjamin Reyes ’22, John Rogers
’21, Rebecca Serodio ’23, Tsion Shamsu ’24, Harry Spence ’25, Angela Wei ’21, Iris Wu ’22,
Caiyu Yang ’25, Brianna Zhang ’23, and Aimee Zheng ’23.
On the National Greek Exam, Griffin Elliot ’22, Evan Cheigh ’22, and John Rogers ’21 all
earned blue ribbons; Annie O’Leary ’21, Julia Trowbridge ’22, and Benjamin Reyes ’22 earned
red ribbons, and Torin Steciuk ’22, Noemi Iwasaki ’22, and Nicole Lee Heberling ’21 earned
green ribbons.
Congratulations to our Latin and Greek scholars—and the teachers who inspire them!
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percent of the 135 students who took the exam receiving honors. Likewise, of eleven Groton
students taking the national exam in Ancient Greek, nine earned accolades.
On the Latin exam, 35 percent earned summa cum laude distinction for a gold medal, 28 percent
scored maxima cum laude for a silver medal, 15 percent magna cum laude, and 6 percent cum
laude.
Five students had perfect scores: Eric Ge ’24, Max Fan ’25, Bridget McAvoy ’24, Tsion Shamsu
’24, and Brianna Zhang ’23.
Earning summa cum laude were Lawrence Amos ’24, Amelia Barnum ’24, Ryder Cavanaugh
’24, JP Charpentier ’25, Evan Cheigh ’22, Sophia Deng ’22, Max Fan ’25, Allen Fang ’24,
Jeremy Gall ’24, Eric Ge ’24, Alicia Guo ’24, Brayden Haggerty ’23. Sarah Hastings ’23,
Timothy Hebard ’24, Alyssa Hummel ’23, Noemi Iwasaki ’22, Jiachang Kang ’22, Asante Kiio
’25, Michelle Kim ’23, Rufus Knuppel ’22, Jonathan Lai ’24, Julia Landau ’25, William Laws
’25, Amelia Lee ’22, Jessica Lee ’24, April Li ’24, Julia Lin ’22, Michael Lu ’24, Amy Ma ’23,
Aryan Mago ’24, Devon Mastroianni ’23, Clara Maturo ’25, Bridget McAvoy ’24, Annie
O’Leary ’21, Steven Pang ’22, Jane Park ’21, Annie Pei ’22, Benjamin Reyes ’22, John Rogers
’21, Rebecca Serodio ’23, Tsion Shamsu ’24, Harry Spence ’25, Angela Wei ’21, Iris Wu ’22,
Caiyu Yang ’25, Brianna Zhang ’23, and Aimee Zheng ’23.
On the National Greek Exam, Griffin Elliot ’22, Evan Cheigh ’22, and John Rogers ’21 all
earned blue ribbons; Annie O’Leary ’21, Julia Trowbridge ’22, and Benjamin Reyes ’22 earned
red ribbons, and Torin Steciuk ’22, Noemi Iwasaki ’22, and Nicole Lee Heberling ’21 earned
green ribbons.
Congratulations to our Latin and Greek scholars—and the teachers who inspire them!
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