In late February, middle school Latin students took The National Mythology Exam, answering questions on the Olympians, Theseus (the theme) and classical literature (such as “The Odyssey” and “The Iliad”). The following students are certified myth mavens:
Bronze medals:
Grade 6: Jason Lin, Akshay Manglik, Arohee Bhoja, Saloni Shah, Linus Zheng, Maria Vazhaeparambil
Grade 7: Sriya Prathuri, Cynthia Chen, Vibha Arramreddy, Kyle Li, Kashov Sharma, Anvi Banga, Jedd Hui, Montek Kalsi
Grade 8: Kaushik Shivakumar, Mathew Mammen, Clarissa Wang, Anna Wang, Jacob Kim
Silver medals:
Grade 6: Angela Cai
Grade 7: Matthew Jin, Alyssa Huang, Jack Hansen, Avi Gulati, Jasmine Wiese, Vedanth Sundaram, Kalyan Narayanan, Eileen Li, Ashley Duraiswamy, Catherine Zhao, Jai Bahri, Andrew Cheplyansky, Allison Jia
Grade 8: Arthur Oung, Ashwin Reddy, Tiffany Wong, Bobby Bloomquist, Nicole Selvaggio, Allison Cartee, Akshay Ravoor
Gold medals (The Athena Gold Award of Excellence; 100 percent on the exam):
Grade 6: Betsy Tian, Anna Vazhaeparambil
Grade 7: Lauren Fu, Katelyn Chen
Grade 8: Sara Min, Ally Wang, Alexander Young