Five Young Classicists Earn Perfect Scores

Four Groton students have received a perfect score on the 2016 National Latin Exam, and a fifth achieved a flawless performance on the National Greek Exam.

Earning a perfect score on the Latin exam were Christian Carson '18, An Nguyen '18, Cal Wilson '19, and Brian Xiao '19. Drew Bassilakis ’16 earned a perfect score on the Greek exam.

Drew, as well as Cynthia Cheng ’16, were also recognized for achieving summa cum laude on the National Latin Exam for four consecutive years.

Groton requires two years of Latin for students who enter in Second or Third Forms (eighth or ninth grades). Greek may be substituted or added, but is not required.

Typically, Groton students score exceptionally well on the National Latin Exam, and this year was no exception: sixty-one earned summa cum laude recognition, and fifty earned maxima cum laude for their efforts.

Also receiving recognition for their performance on the National Greek Exam were Hadley Callaway '17, Jack Fanikos '17, Hanna Kim '17, George Klein '16, Lauren Kochis '17, and Claudia Oei '18.

Congratulations to these students and to Groton's Latin and Greek teachers, who make classical learning engaging and relevant.

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