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Baldwin School Students Excel at Latin

A list of Baldwin School award winners from the 2014 National Latin Exam.

The following was provided to Patch by The Baldwin School:

More than 154,000 students from 49 states and 17 foreign countries participated in the 35th year of National Latin Exam competition. Forty-four Baldwin students took the exam and 43% earned awards (18 students).

The following students from the Baldwin School took the 2014 National Latin Exam and won awards.  

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Latin V (Latin Lyric Poetry)  

Eleanor Pressman, XII,Maxima Cum Laude (silver)

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Abigail Lemmon, XII, Magna Cum Laude

Latin IV-Poetry (AP Vergil)

Amber Dugan, XI, Magna Cum Laude

Valerie Yoshimura, XI, Magna Cum Laude

Rachel Zachian, XI, Cum Laude

Latin III-Prose (Latin Prose Authors)

Olivia Horwitz, X, Magna Cum Laude

Latin II

Jessica Zhang, IX, Summa Cum Laude (gold)

Anna Vinitsky, IX, Maxima Cum Laude (silver)

Alexandra Scannell, X, Magna Cum Laude

Latin I

Pranshu Suri, VIII, Summa Cum Laude (gold)

Hilary Liu, VIII, Summa Cum Laude (gold)

Caroline Buchner, VIII, Maxima Cum Laude (silver)

Shuhan (April) Bao, IX, Magna Cum Laude

Angela Yang, VIII, Magna Cum Laude

Hannah Dubinski, VIII, Magna Cum Laude

Cassandra Stecker, VIII, Cum Laude

Grace Steelman, VIII, Cum Laude

Lingxi (Lily) Chen, VIII, Cum Laude


The following Baldwin students have been named winners in the 75th Annual Philadelphia Classic Society (PCS) academic and project competitions. Nearly 250 of the winners and their families attended the awards luncheon held on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at the Drexelbrook Banquet Facility in Drexel Hill, PA. The judges selected five of Baldwin’s entries to be displayed on the day of the luncheon:

  • Model category: Sanjana Dixit ‘18, for her model of the Colosseum, and Pranshu Suri ’18 for her display of the Arachne myth;

  • Mosaic category: Olivia Landes ‘18, for her portrayal of the bird sacred to Juno/Hera—the peacock;

  • Painting category, Hilary Liu ‘18 for her painting of Pandora and her box;

  • Sketch and drawing category: Morgan Steelman ’16 for her detailed sketch of a Corinthian column capital.


  • Out of all the ‘Best of Show’ projects from all schools that were displayed at the luncheon, the judges determined that the one outstanding project was Hilary Liu’s painting. During the luncheon, she was awarded a ‘Best of the Best of Show’ certificate. Also, Eleanor Pressman’s Academic award represents three consecutive years of earning that level of award on a test written each year by PCS.

    ACADEMIC COMPETITION AWARDS

    Pranshu Suri+, VIII, Latin I, Magna Cum Laude

    Cassandra Stecker+, VIII, Latin I, Cum Laude

    Caroline Buchner+, VIII, Latin I, Cum Laude

    Angela Yang+, VIII, Latin I, Cum Laude

    Hilary Liu+, VIII, Latin I, Cum Laude


    Jessica Zhang+, IX, Latin II, Magna Cum Laude

    Anna Vinitsky+, IX, Latin II, Cum Laude

    Alexandra Scannell+, X, Latin II, Cum Laude


    Olivia Horwitz+, X, Latin III, Summa Cum Laude

    Morgan Steelman+, X, Latin III, Magna Cum Laude

    Rachel Sutor+, X, Latin III, Cum Laude

    Michaela Leuzzi+, XII, Latin III, Cum Laude


    Rachel Zachian+, XI, Latin IV , Magna Cum Laude

    Sarah Elmongy+, XI, Latin IV, Magna Cum Laude

    Amber Dugan+, XI, Latin IV, Magna Cum Laude

    Meagan Cohen+, XI, Latin IV, Cum Laude

    Valerie Yoshimura+, XI, Latin IV, Cum Laude


    Eleanor Pressman+, XII, Latin V, Summa Cum Laude



    PROJECT COMPETITION AWARDS (by grade within category)

    Michaela Leuzzi+, XII, Jewelry and Costume, Magna Cum Laude

    Amber Dugan+, XI, Jewelry and Costume, Summa Cum Laude

    Alexandra Scannell+, X, Jewelry and Costume, Summa Cum Laude

    Mariana Leone, VIII, Jewelry and Costume, Magna Cum Laude

    Neelam Pandya, VIII, Jewelry and Costume, Cum Laude

    Gabrielle Alston, VIII, Jewelry and Costume, Cum Laude


    Valerie Yoshimura+, XI, Model, Cum Laude

    Sarah Douglas, XI, Model, Cum Laude

    Sanjana Dixit*, VIII, Model, Summa Cum Laude

    Pranshu Suri*+, VIII, Model, Summa Cum Laude

    Grace Steelman, VIII, Model, Magna Cum Laude

    Cassandra Stecker+, VIII, Model, Magna Cum Laude


    Frances Bell-Taylor, X, Mosaic, Cum Laude

    Olivia Landes*, VIII, Mosaic, Summa Cum Laude

    Olivia DeWitt, VIII, Mosaic, Cum Laude


    Evelyn Grupp+, XI, Painting, Magna Cum Laude

    Sarah Elmongy+, XI, Painting, Cum Laude

    Hilary Liu*+, VIII, Painting, Summa Cum Laude

    Lingxi (Lily) Chen, VIII, Painting, Magna Cum Laude

    Hannah Dubinski, VIII, Painting, Cum Laude


    Maya Hairston, VIII, Poster, Magna Cum Laude


    Meagan Cohen+, XI, Sculpture and Pottery, Magna Cum Laude

    Aliki Karnavas, XI, Sculpture and Pottery, Cum Laude

    Sarah Durlofsky, XI, Sculpture and Pottery, Cum Laude

    Chizoba Onyekere, X, Sculpture and Pottery, Cum Laude

    Madison Raju, IX, Sculpture and Pottery, Cum Laude

    Haley Tavares, VIII, Sculpture and Pottery, Magna Cum Laude

    Morgan Bove, VIII, Sculpture and Pottery, Cum Laude

    Bria Beauvais, VIII, Sculpture and Pottery, Cum Laude

    Sydney Silberg, VIII, Sculpture and Pottery, Cum Laude


    Brittany Bernstein, XII, Sketch and Drawing, Summa Cum Laude

    Abigail Lemmon, XII, Sketch and Drawing, Summa Cum Laude

    Laura Bunn, XII, Sketch and Drawing, Magna Cum Laude

    Rachel Zachian+, XI, Sketch and Drawing, Magna Cum Laude

    Morgan Steelman*+, X, Sketch and Drawing, Summa Cum Laude

    Rachel Sutor+, X, Sketch and Drawing, Magna Cum Laude

    Olivia Horwitz+, X, Sketch and Drawing, Cum Laude

    Caroline Buchner+, VIII, Sketch and Drawing, Cum Laude

    Angela Yang+, VIII, Sketch and Drawing, Cum Laude



    Evelyn Grupp+, XI, Literary Categories: Poetry in English, Magna Cum Laude

    Aiesha Muhammad, X, Literary Categories: Poetry in English, Magna Cum Laude

    Jessica Zhang+, IX, Literary Categories: Poetry in English, Summa Cum Laude

    Anna Vinitsky+, IX, Literary Categories: Poetry in English, Magna Cum Laude

    Eleanor Pressman+, XII, Literary Categories: Prose in English, Magna Cum Laude


    In addition, earlier in the year juniors and seniors sat for the National Etymology Exam sponsored by the Junior Classical League. Winners in the advanced level (grades 11-12):


    Silver Medal

    Abigail Lemmon ‘14, Eleanor Pressman ‘14, Valerie Yoshimura ‘15


    Bronze Medal

    Rachel Zachian ‘15



    +indicates a student who has won more than one award (in the academic and project competitions, or more in project competitions)


    *indicates student whose project was displayed at the banquet as “Best in Show.”




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