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National Latin Exam Awards
Medals and Certificates | Perfect Papers | Maureen O'Donnell Oxford Classial Dictionary Award | Scholarships | Scholarship Renewal Application
- 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
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 NLE committee awards the Oxford Classical Dictionary to students who win four gold medals. The Maureen O'Donnell Oxford Classical Dictionary Award, given to students who win four gold medals, is being sent to 428 students this year in recognition of their outstanding achievement. The seventy-seven students who have won five gold medals and the three students who have won six gold medals will be sent special book awards. The 2009 PERFECT PAPER and GOLD MEDAL winners will be published in Torch U.S., the publication of the National Junior Classical League.
| NLE Scholarships | For Scholarship
Renewal Application 2009 NLE Scholarship Winners |
Applications for the $1,000 scholarships are mailed to gold medal winners in 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 955 seniors who won gold medals on the Latin III, Latin 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 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
Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in June. T
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. There was no winner for this scholarship in 2006.
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. The scholarship recipients from 2008, 2007, and 2006 are eligible for an additional $1000 if they continue their study of Latin or Greek. In 2008, the National Latin Exam awarded $43,000 in scholarships.
| Amy High Scholarship |
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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.
| Perfect Papers | |
There were 917 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 and the nine students who
have four years of perfect papers and the one student who has five years of perfect paper are
being sent the Carter Stubbs Drake Goad Memorial book award in addition to the special
certificate.
