STOCKBRIDGE/LENOX, MA (04/13/2012)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day School, an independent school for students in preschool through ninth grade, is pleased to announce that 21 Upper School students were awarded certificates and medals for their high scores on the 2012 National Latin Exam. The NLE exam is sponsored both by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League. More than 148,000 students from all 50 states and 13 foreign countries took the test in March.
For the Introduction to Latin Exam, the following student received an Achievement Certificate: Cameron Sweener (G7 – Lenox, MA).
For the Latin I Exam, the following student received Gold Summa Cum Laude distinction: Emily Yeager (G7 – Lenox, MA).
For the Latin I Exam, the following students received Silver Maxima Cum Laude distinction: Will Harris-Braun (G7 – East Chatham, NY), Jesse Kramer (G7 – Pittsfield, MA), Asa Mervis (G7 – Great Barrington, MA), and Theodore Michaels (G7 - Richmond, MA),
For the Latin I Exam, the following students received Magna Cum Laude distinction: Jesse Cassuto (G7 – Spencertown, NY), Alec Goffin (G7 – Great Barrington, MA), and Jackson Rich (G7 – Pittsfield, MA).
For the Latin I Exam, the following student received Cum Laude distinction: Sam Seckler (G7 – Alford, MA).
For the Latin II Exam, the following students received Gold Summa Cum Laude distinction: Samuel Kittredge (G8 – Dalton, MA), and Emma Lezberg and Jacob Lezberg (G8 – Pittsfield, MA).
For the Latin II Exam, the following students received Silver Maxima Cum Laude distinction:Ford Boney (G8 – Hillsdale, NY), Harper Glantz (G8 – Pittsfield, MA), and Francesca Lally (G8 – New Lebanon, NY)
For the Latin II Exam, the following students received Cum Laude distinction: Elise Ghitman (G8 – Ashley Falls, MA), Frank Piasecki (G8 – Great Barrington, MA), and Nicholas Roszkowski (G8 - Lenox, MA).
For the Latin III Exam, the following student received Gold Summa Cum Laude distinction: Isabelle Raposo (G9 – Valatie, NY)
For the Latin III Exam, the following student received Silver Maxima Cum Laude distinction: Ginger Ciaburri (G9 – Hinsdale, MA).
BCD students study Latin from Grade 6 through Grade 9 with teacher Eugénie Fawcett of Tyringham, MA.
"We are extremely proud of all of our students for their exceptional placements on this year's National Latin Exam," says BCD Head of School Paul Lindenmaier. "It is a testament to the quality of our long standing Latin program and our faculty's commitment to excellence."
About Berkshire Country Day School
Berkshire Country Day School, established in 1946 at located at 55 Interlaken Road in Stockbridge, MA, is an independent school for students in Preschool through Grade 9. Berkshire Country Day School exists to inspire the individual promise of every student, that each may become an exemplary citizen of the world. For more information about the school, visit berkshirecountryday.org.