Berkshire Country Day School National Latin Award Recipients

LENOX, MA (04/14/2016)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day School, an independent school for students in preschool through ninth grade, is pleased to announce that 18 Upper School (grades 7-9) students were awarded certificates and medals for their high scores on the 2016 National Latin Exam. The NLE exam is sponsored both by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League. More than 154,000 students from 50 states and 19 foreign countries took the test in March.

For the Latin I National Exam, the following awards were earned by seventh grade students: Gold Summa Cum Laude: Beck Mathews, Lenox. Silver Maxima Cum Laude: Roberto Barron, Lee; Colby Lederman, Pittsfield; Stella Metcalf, Ghent; and Harrison Seeley, Richmond. Magna Cum Laude: Gabriel Rich, Pittsfield; and Cum Laude: Max Beckwith, Pittsfield.

For the Latin II National Exam, the following awards were earned by eighth graders: Gold Summa Cum Laude: Ria Kedia, Pittsfield; Silver Maxima Cum Laude: Alex Currie, Pittsfield, and Lanna Knoll, Great Barrington; Magna Cum Laude: Emily Carmel, Pittsfield; Zachary Goffin, Great Barrington; and Wilder Harwood, East Chatham, NY; and Cum Laude: Fiona Ferrone, Spencertown, NY.

For the Latin III National Exam, the following awards were earned by ninth graders: Gold Summa Cum Laude: Sam Ferrone, Spencertown, NY, and Finn Mathews, Lenox; Silver Maxima Cum Laude: Tibor Lazar, Kinderhook, NY; and Tobias Van Schaick, Pittsfield.

BCD students study Latin from Grade 6 through Grade 9 with teacher Eugénie Fawcett of Tyringham, MA.

"We are proud of all of our students for their achievements on each year's National Latin Exam," says BCD Head of School Paul Lindenmaier. "It is a testament to the continuing quality of our longstanding Latin program."

About Berkshire Country Day School

Berkshire Country Day School, established in 1946 and 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.