Senior Latin Students Ace the National Latin Exam!

photo of student with Latin test medallion SeniorLearn has received the results of the National Latin Exam for 2011 and we are very proud to announce the following:
Once again all of the students who took the National Latin Exam from our program received awards! This is the second year in a row. We had 5 students this year to try their hands, all in the 101 and the 102 this year, as many of our upper classmen were not eligible this year for the next rung. Of those 5, all received first place. That puts our average per school at 100 percent awards . .. unheard of!

More than 150,000 students at all levels including the university level took the National Latin Exam in 2011, from all 50 states and 12 countries, including Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Zimbabwe, and for the first time, Iran and Malaysia.

Introduction to Latin
In the Introduction to Latin we had 3 placing first. Congratulations to:

Mogamom: First place: Purple Ribbon (they don't give gold medals for the Introduction but this purple and gold ribbon is absolutely gorgeous, I want one) and Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

Roxania: First Place: Purple Ribbon and Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

Yvonne Miller: First Place: Purple Ribbon and Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

Latin I

Cielolama: Gold Medal, Summa Cum Laude

MelandraII: Gold Medal, Summa Cum Laude

Perfect Scores:
In addition two of our students got Perfect Papers! Only 328 students out of over 18, 100 who took this level achieved this distinction.

Congratulations to Mogamom and Roxania for this incredible feat!

Information about the 2010 results:
In 2010, 150,000 students from all 50 states in the U.S. and 13 other countries, including Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, England, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Zimbabwe, took the National Latin Exam. This was our first year of entering any student from our program. Although some of our students took Latin 50 years ago or more, the majority of our winners had no previous Latin experience!

photo of award ribbon 17 of our students took the test. One test was lost in transit from Canada. Of the 16 received, every one of our students who entered earned an award! We are very proud of our students and our program. They have shown on national and international levels that you can learn Latin online and that students of a "certain age" can learn Latin in spite of their busy schedules, just as well as a younger person.

Those who courageously took the test splendidly represented all of us . . . all of you . . . who exemplify a dedication to lifelong learning, and the strength of our program, and they deserve to be recognized. Following are our students listed in alphabetical order by exam.

Introduction to Latin:

Cielolama: Introduction to Latin: First place: Blue Ribbon of Outstanding Achievement

MelandraII: Introduction to Latin: First place: Blue Ribbon of Outstanding Achievement


Latin I:

Anne Allen: Certificate of Oustanding Achievement: Magna Cum Laude

Bow_Belle: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

Hidaroupe: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

Jim Farmer: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

Joan Roberts: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

Sandy Reese: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

Susan: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude


Latin II:

Asterix: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

Christymo: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

Janet: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

LucyLibr: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude


Latin III:

HelenP: Gold Medal Summa Cum Laude

Pedln: Gold Medal: Summa Cum Laude

SandyRose: Silver Medal: Maxima Cum Laude


At the Introductory Latin Level, only 795 students out of over 18,800 in 13 countries who took the 2010 Introduction to Latin, National Latn Exam, achieved a perfect score. Our students Melandra II and Cielolama were included in this select group. At Levels I-V, VI, out of 138,000 students, only 568 students achieved the great distinction of a perfect score and three of them are ours: Christy Molzen, Hidaroupe and Jim F.


Euge! Gaudeamus. We're all proud of your achievement.


Interested in joining our Latin program? New Classes begin September 2010. Email janeiowaLatin@gmail.com See our Latin Courses information page. Post a message of congratulations to our students in our Classics Bulletin Board discussion.