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24 Leesville Students Earn National Honors on Latin Exam

24 Leesville High Latin students won national awards on the 2009 National Latin Exam, including 7 gold medals and 9 silver medals, in every level entered.

Senior AP Latin student Kaithlyn Abadilla qualified to compete for a national scholarship because of her outstanding performance on the level 5 exam. Below are the complete results:

Summa Cum Laude (Gold Medal)
Level 1 - Nicole Curtis and Emily Farmer
Level 2 - Jonathan Wendt and Erin Flannelly
Level 3 - Rebecca Dixon and Stephen Ryan
Level 5 - Kaithlyn Abadilla

Maxima Cum Laude (Silver Medal)
Level 2 - Dong-Jun Shin, Gregory Pope, Ashleigh Miles, and Allison Bass
Level 3 - Linda Cui, Eli Kratt, Trevor Haga, and Erin Cuellar
Level 4 - Elaine Didier

Magna Cum Laude
Level 1 - Min Jun, Michael Elderkin, and Jessica Jones
Level 3 - Joe Tung, Vira Ayzenbart, and Richard Frost

Cum Laude
Level 3 - John Parker
Level 4 - Sharae Williams

You can read more about the exam here.

Thanks to teacher Mark Marsh for sharing his story with GotNews

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