Students triumph with love of Latin

Published May 24, 2009

By Celeste Smith

The Charlotte Observer

Bene!

That's “well done!” in Latin, a message that keeps rolling in for students in the south Charlotte suburbs who've aced recent competitions centering on the ancient language.

On the National Latin Exam, five area students were among just 917 students in the U.S. and other countries to earn “perfect” scores: Sian Lewis-Bevan, a sophomore at Charlotte Latin School in south Charlotte; eighth-grader Peter Saunders and sophomore Bryce Stout of Covenant Day School in Matthews; freshman Mary Barron and sophomore Matthew Coleman of Westminster Catawba Christian School in Rock Hill, S.C.

Several area schools ranked among the top at the N.C. Junior Classical League state convention, held earlier this month at Wake Forest University. ...

 

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