National Latin Exam Awards

Medals and Certificates | Perfect Papers | Maureen O'Donnell Oxford Classial Dictionary Award | Scholarships | Scholarship Renewal Application | Jane Harriman Hall Scholarship

Medals and Certificates Given as Awards

• Perfect paper: Hand-lettered certificate (Latin I-VI)
• Gold medal and a summa cum laude certificate awarded to top scorers (Latin I-VI)
• Silver rnedal and maxima cum laude certificate to second place winners (Latin I-VI)
• Magna cum laude certificate to third place winners (Latin I-VI)
• Cum laude certificate to fourth place winners (Latin I-VI)
• Introduction to Latin: Ribbons and Certificates of Achievement
• NLE Certificate of Merit for each school participating in the exam

Carter Drake Goad Book Award (Latin I-VI)

The students who have three years of perfect papers, the students who have four years of perfect papers, and the student who has five years of perfect papers are being sent special book awards in addition to the special certificate. The perfect papers must be for ascending levels of the exam, exclusive of the Introduction to Latin exam.

The Maureen O'Donnell Oxford Classical Dictionary Award (Latin I-VI)

The Maureen O’Donnell Oxford Classical Dictionary Award, given to students who win four gold medals, is being sent to 474 students this year in recognition of their outstanding achievement. The 83 students who have won five gold medals will be sent special book awards. The 2010 PERFECT PAPER and GOLD MEDAL winners will be published in Torch U.S., the publication of the National Junior Classical League.

NLE Scholarships

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Applications for the $1,000 scholarships are mailed to gold medal winners in Latin III, Latin III-IV Prose, III-IV Poetry, or Latin V-VI who are high school seniors.  Those who apply must agree to take at least one course per semester of Latin or classical Greek in their first year of college.  A course in classics translation does not meet this requirement.

There were 942 seniors who won gold medals on the Latin III, III-IV Prose, III-IV Poetry, or the Latin V-VI Exam. These students are eligible for one of the twenty-one $1000 scholarships, including one from an anonymous donor. In addition, a $2000 scholarship will be awarded for post graduate study leading to the teaching of Latin and/or Greek at the elementary, intermediate, or high school level. These scholarship awards and those for the National Greek Exam will be announced by NLE Scholarship Chair, Ephy Howard, at the ACL Institute at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, in June.

The scholarship recipients from 2009, 2008, and 2007, are eligible for an additional $1000 if they continue their study of Latin and/or Greek. In 2009, the National Latin Exam awarded $44,000 in scholarships.

In addition, a $2,000 is awarded for post graduate study leading to the teaching of Latin/or Greek at the elementary, intermediate, or high school level. 

Click here for the $2000 Graduate Scholarship Application.

The National Latin Exam Scholarship Committee, formed in 1983, consists of Ephy Howard, Chair, and members Conrad Barrett, Judith de Luce, Gaylan DuBose, Edith Foster, Sue Gillen and Sandra Woodward. Linda S. Montross serves as the Scholarship Liaison.

Amy High Scholarship

The first two Amy High Scholarships were awarded to two deserving candidates in 2004. This scholarship awarded annually in honor of Amy High, our own Iulia Pauli of the Forum Romanum, the NLE video series. Amy's family and friends established the scholarship after her untimlely death in September 2003. Recipients are required to study Latin in Rome, Italy, for a minimum of three weeks. The scholarship amount is $5000 and includes a copy of Lewis & Shorts's Latin Dictionary. Further information regarding the Amy High Latin Scholarship can be found at http://www.amyhigh.org.

The Jane Harriman Hall Professional Development Scholarship Program

The Jane Harriman Hall Professional Development Scholarship program is designed to support teachers in their ability to teach Latin.  The scholarship was developed in honor of Jane Harriman Hall, founder of the National Latin Exam, in order to continue her efforts to bring high quality Latin instruction to students throughout the U.S. For more information, click here.

Perfect Papers

    There were 568 perfect papers in Latin I-VI. A congratulatory letter has been sent to the principal of each school with copies for the student, the Latin teacher, and the student’s permanent record. In addition, a special hand-lettered certificate was sent to each of these students. The twenty students who have three years of perfect papers, the four students who have four years of perfect papers and the one student who has five years of perfect papers are being sent the Carter Stubbs Drake Goad Memorial Book Award in addition to the special certificate.

 

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