Classics and Modern Language Awards & Poetry Recitations

On Friday May 16, Kate Horsley, Head of the Classics Department, Kristin Taurchini, French Teacher and Sue Wineland, Head of the Modern Language Department, announced the students who were awarded for high scores in recent national language exams and poetry competitions. After the student achievements were recognized, several students who participated in the CT COLT Poetry Contest recited their poems to the crowd.

Watch the attached video of the student recitations, and see all the student achievements below...

Presented by Kate Horsley:

NATIONAL Classical Etymology EXAM

Advanced Level (Grades 11 & 12)
Gold:  Allison Hellman, Jenny Ibsen, Daniel Pollak
Silver: Daniel Brodkin, Thomas Sargent, Katherine Sargent
Bronze: Rose Etzel, Tanner Marsh, Kurt Strittmatter, Heather Xu
Participants:  Talya Bedford, Tenzin Choephel, Jacob Pierce, Ben Koleske, Emily Koleske, Hanna Xu

Intermediate Level (Grades 9 & 10)
Gold:  Isabelle Breier, Marcelo de la Mora, Sean Gao, Gabrielle Olshan-Cantin, Andrew Sedlac
Silver: Chase Ames, Shira Bedford, Clare Boyle, Madeleine Cahn, Tara Maloney, Hannah Melchinger, Emelia Miller
Bronze: Sanaea Bhagwagar, TJ Bordeaux, Philip Geanakoplos, Chloe Glass, Eamonn Smith
Participant:  Vikram Amar, Alexandra Batter, Reed Kelly


NATIONAL GREEK EXAM 2013–14

Beginning Attic     7 awards

Philip Geanakoplos      Blue Ribbon – Highest award      (95%)
Maya Russell    Blue Ribbon – 92.5%
Red ribbon:  Reed Kelly (87.5), Damini Singh (85)
Green Ribbon:  David Wisdom(77.5), Zach Bloom(77.5), Jordan Allen (72.5), Lidian (Emmi) Strange (62.5%)

NATIONAL LATIN EXAM - 154,000 participated world-wide

National Latin Exam - our students win these prize levels (results for 2013-14 school year, grades 8-12):
summa cum laude (gold medal) 39
maxima cum laude (silver medal) 41
magna cum laude (bronze medal) 30
cum laude (certificate) 17
(for the 7th grade Introductory level:  2 perfect scores, 22 Outstanding - ribbon+certificate,  28 Achievement - certificate)

226 students in grades 7-12 took the National Latin Exam and 180 won awards

52 in Grade 7 won awards (out of 40 points)
    2 Perfect Score (40)    
    22 Outstanding Scores (36-39)
    28 Achievement Scores (32-35)

127 in Grades 8-12 won awards
    44 Summa cum Laude (Gold medals)
    32 Maxima cum Laude (Silver medals)
    28 Magna cum Laude
    15 cum Laude

Perfect Scores in Junior School
Grade 7   Ethan Silver; William Hall  
Grade 8    Sarah Zhao

Highest Scores in each level of High School Latin

Level 1:  Madeleine Cahn - perfect score
Level 2:  Sean Gao  - perfect score
Level 3:  Ryan Abbott
Level 4:  Allison Hellman, Gabrielle Olshan-Cantin
Level 5:  Max Bloom, Griffin Smilow



Presented by Kristin Taurchini and Sue Wineland

National French Exam

French students took the National French Exam on Feb. 27th.  Nationwide, there were 100,000 students enrolled and over 3,000 in CT. Hopkins students scored among the best in the nation.
Honoring those who ranked in the top 5 places in CT

French 7th grade
Adwith Mukherjee, Isabella Alarcon, Connor Hartigan  

French 8th grade
Catherine Duboulay, Rachel Hagani, Emerson Holloway, Hannah Allen, Olivier Kibbey, Yoon-young Kim
 
French 1: Hunter Congdon

French 2
Aaron Kogan, Sarah Zhao, Clara Merrill-Bloch, William Rosenbluth
Alex Withers

French 3
Grant Young, Michael Bass, Grant Moberg, Meghan Podolsky
Emma Deshpande

French 4
Chloe Glass, Benjamin Koleske, Matthijs Van Mierlo, Matthew Dailis, Samuel Berry, Abigail Eberts, Henry Hanlon, Sarah Srivichitranond

French 5
Yerin Kim, Nicole Kogan, Dahlia Leffell, Tongil Ko


National Spanish Exam
 
The National Spanish Exam took place in March and April.  We are honored to announce the award recipients for the 2014 National Spanish Exam. Over 160,000 students participated in the exam this year. All awards are based on national performance. Gold Medalists ranked at or above the 95th percentile.

7th grade:
Maliya Ellis, Theodore Tellides, Elise Aslanian, William Hall, Nicholas Schoelkopf, Ethan Silver

8th graders (who take the level 1 test)
Josh Goldstein, Aislinn O'Brien, Case Porter, Katrina Tiktinsky,
Carson Goos, Tim Rotermund, Leah Voytovich, Jenn Horcovich, Josh Ip, Ellie Latham, Neil Madhavani, Anna Mindell, Abir Singh, Nina Barandiaran

Level 2
Zach Blitzer, Emma Bucklan, Madeleine Cahn, Ellie Czepiel, Halle Dantas, Will Hartog
Alex Kane, Serena Kleeman, Helena Lyng-Olsen, Gwyneth Maloy, Hannah Melchinger, Corey Rispoli
Eli Sabin, Kristina Yarovinsky, Maya Zanger-Nadis, Emma Zihal

Level 3
Maeve Flaherty, Rica Generoso, Will Graham, Annalise Hilts, Ethan Lester, Lynn Liu, Neha Patel, Michael Zhou, Gillian Burns, Kami Chin, Mitchell Patton, Ruth Tomlin

Level 4
James Murray, Anna Ayres-Brown, Sanjay Dureseti, Matthew Erodici, Rachel Kaufman, Karina Korsh, Hannah Xu


Poetry reciters in assembly Friday May 16th
Chinese: Bridget Donovan, AJ Berman, Walker Schneider
French: Conal Mueller, Matt Dailis,  Chloé Glass
Italian: Sam Steinberg, Peter Tiktinsky, Lucy Berman
Spanish:  Isabel Vlahakis, Will Hartog, Ariel Martinez.