Birchwood Students Win Top Honors for Latin

The exam is a 40-question, multiple-choice test with a time limit of 45 minutes, offered to students on seven levels. There are questions on grammar, comprehension, mythology, derivatives, literature, Roman life, history, geography, oral Latin, and Latin in use in the modern world. The National Latin Exam’s mission is to promote the study of Latin and encourage individual students, offering every Latin student the opportunity to experience a sense of personal accomplishment and success.

Dr. Catherine Haskins praised these winners saying, “I’m proud of these students who had less than a full year of Latin as a result of the pandemic and yet they worked hard on their own to prepare for the contest. Seventh grader Omar Elbadawy’s perfect score letter is only the second such recognition in the history of the Latin program!”