63 Latin Students At Westfield High School Win Awards On National Exam

by Lorre Korecky

Sixty-three Westfield High School students earned a variety of awards and recognitions at all four levels of the National Latin exam this year. A total of 116 students from Westfield High School took the 2015 National Latin Exam among thousands of students from all 50 states and a number of countries worldwide. Earning the awards are :

Level 1

Gold Summa Cum Laude

Lindsey Sharlow

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

Fiona Gillespie

Jonathan Silva

Zoe Hays

Magna Cum Laude

Luke Spellman

Michael Birle

Darika Lara-Rodriguez

Brett Denner

Emma Escaldi

Ian Humphrey

Brendan Riccardi

Kristen Bonelli

Mohammad Sa’id Kharboutli

Cum Laude

Russell Hughes

Nicholas Wojno-Oranski

Christian Grom

Paige Venturino

Steven DiMaria

Sean Riccardi

Connor Russell

Robert Faktor

Anna Glueck

Matthew Cetlin

Level 2

Gold Summa Cum Laude

Nicholas Maher

Paul Parker

Owen Kessler

Andrew Maldonado

Carly Kandel

Ryan Murphy

Natalia Zeller MacLean

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

Gabriel Givelber

Christopher Swingle

Matthew DeBenedetto

Alistair Kapadia

Mark Fico

Isabelle Cohen

Phillip Dwyer

Matthew Varano

Mark Daaleman

Christopher Hoerrner

William Swartz

Samantha Gould

Magna Cum Laude

Katarina VanDerWroge

Sydney Gordner

Jack Reinhard

Ava Carey

Nicholas Nolan

Justin Fernandez

Sara Frankel

Cum Laude

Casey Popowski

Kevin Bronander

Level 3/4- Prose

Gold Summa Cum Laude

Jack Fico

Andrew Kuznetsov

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

Isabella Gelfand

Danielle Gabuzda

Cum Laude

Jacob Sagal

Edward Mebane

Allison Hopper

Level 3/4- Poetry

Gold Summa Cum Laude

Jameson Maher (received a gold medal on the exam for his fourth consecutive year received special recognition for his accomplishment.)

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

Maria Lizzo

Nina Wang

Cum Laude

Max Flysch

Andrew Frantz

Westfield High School Latin teacher, James Rowan and Barbara Bair, are very happy with the results. “We’re pleased to see that Westfield students have earned awards in great numbers and at all levels,” they agreed. “The students should be proud of their achievements and of the hard work in preparation for the exams.”

David Greer, District Supervisor of World Languages, added “We are always extremely proud of the hard work that our students put into learning Latin, and appreciate the dedication of our Latin teachers. These wonderful awards serve as a way to recognize our students for their excellent achievements.”