MS, HS students take first at Latin Convention

By Richard Rosenthal, MS Latin Teacher

Competing against Latin scholars throughout Nashville and the broader Middle Tennessee Grand Division, University School of Nashville's Middle School and High School Latin students fared well at the annual Latin Convention.

At the two-day competition that took place at Hume-Fogg Academic High School and Montgomery Bell Academy, the scholars demonstrated their exemplary knowledge of Latin grammar, Roman history, and mythology. What's more, the students proved exceptionally creative and artistic by competing in art, costumes, and classical tweets (who knew that ancient Romans used Twitter!?). In the academic subjects and tweets, they competed against students at their level of Latin. In art and costumes, they competed against students from all levels.

Cody Farr '26 and Lexa Drewry '27 won Best in Show for Grammar and Reading Comprehension, respectively. They scored the highest not only at their level but out of all levels.

The Latin scholars scored points if they placed in the top five. Lexa and Jackson Green '26 scored the most points among the USN competitors. Lexa (3), Cody, Collin Chan '25 (2), Evan Giles '26, Jackson (2), Isaac Fulton '26, Lucia Gellert '27, Flora Li '27, and Aaron Raney '27 won academic contests. Lin Zheng '26 took first place for her charcoal picture. Charlie Blau '27, Billie Forrester-Cox '27, Lexa, Lucia, and Coco Shepard '27 won a blue ribbon in Group Costumes.

Charlie, Jack Fruin '27, Flora, and Karsen Puzniak '27 placed second in the Novice level of Certamen. Laura Grace Hirt '24, Laney Drew Hirt '24, Sarah Page-McCaw '24, and Cole Patterson '24 came in fourth in the Advanced level.

Below you'll find a complete list of students scoring in the top five in their level of academic categories and overall in art and costume categories. 

Latin Grammar
1 Collin Chan '25
1 Lexa Drewry '27 
2 Aaron Raney '27 
3 Laney Drew Hirt '24
3 Flora Li '27 
4 Charlie Blau '27 
4 Cole Patterson '24 
5 Lucia Gellert '27 
5 Sarah Page-McCaw '24

Derivatives
1 Lexa Drewry '27
1 Evan Giles '26
2 Collin Chan '25
2 Aaron Raney '27
3 Charlie Blau '27
3 Laney Drew Hirt '24
4 Cole Patterson '24
4 Coco Shepard '27
5 Zahra Ansari '27
5 Jack Fruin '27

Latin Literature
1 Lucia Gellert '27
1 Jackson Green '26
2 Daniel Guo '25
3 Jack Fruin '27
3 Laura Grace Hirt '24
5 Caroline Keiper '25
5 Flora Li '27
5 Sarah Page-McCaw '24

Reading Comprehension
1 Cody Farr '26
2 Daniel Guo '25
2 Sarah Page-McCaw '24
5 Caroline Keiper '25

Vocabulary
1 Collin Chan '25
1 Lexa Drewry '27
2 Jack Fruin '27
2 Sarah Page-McCaw '24
3 Evan Giles '26
3 Lucia Gellert '27
3 Caroline Keiper '25
3 Cole Patterson '24
3 Coco Shepard '27
5 Laney Drew Hirt '24

Roman History
1 Aaron Raney '27
2 Charlie Blau '27
2 Jackson Green '26
2. Daniel Guo '25
3 Lexa Drewry '27
3 Jack Fruin '27
3 Cole Patterson '24
4 Evan Giles '26
4 Lucia Gellert '27
4 Cody Farr '26
4 Laura Grace Hirt '24
5 Coco Shepard '27

Mythology
1 Jackson Green '26
1 Flora Li '27
2 Isaac Fulton '26
4 Daniel Guo '25
4 Coco Shepard '27
5 Lexa Drewry '27
5 Lucia Gellert '27

Heptathlon
1 Isaac Fulton '26
3 Jack Fruin '27
3 Jackson Green '26
3 Sarah Page-McCaw '24
3 Cole Patterson '24
4 Collin Chan '25
4 Flora Li '27
4 Cody Farr '26
5 Laura Grace Hirt '24
5 Caroline Keiper '25

Roman Life
3 Lucia Gellert '27
3 Evan Giles '26
3 Daniel Guo '25
3 Sarah Page-McCaw '24
4 Jackson Green '26
5 Flora Li '27
5 Cole Patterson '24

Classical Tweets
1 Coco Shepard '27
3 Laney Drew Hirt '24
5 Lucia Gellert '27

Graphic Arts - Charcoal & Pencil
1 Lin Zheng '26

Graphic Arts - Acrylic & Oils
4 Lucia Gellert '27

Costumes
1 Charlie Blau '27, Billie Forrester-Cox '27, Lexa Drewry '27, Lucia Gellert '27, Coco Shepard '27