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