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VOL. XXVII, No. 2 Spring 2011<br />

NATIONAL LATIN EXAM<br />

SPQR SPQR<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

JANE HALL RETIRES FROM NATIONAL LATIN EXAM<br />

Jane Harriman Hall, beloved founder and Chair<br />

of the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>, has announced her retirement<br />

from the organization which she has guided and nurtured<br />

for 35 years. In appreciation of her vision and leadership,<br />

the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> has established in her honor the<br />

Jane Harriman Hall Award for Professional Development.<br />

This grant will be awarded every year to a <strong>Latin</strong> teacher<br />

currently teaching with at least three years experience who<br />

wishes to pursue further study in teaching <strong>Latin</strong>.<br />

In June of 1976, Jane, then the <strong>Latin</strong> teacher at Fort<br />

Hunt High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, approached<br />

the American Classical League during its annual institute<br />

to seek its sponsorship of an exam which would be given<br />

nation-wide to high school students of <strong>Latin</strong>. After gaining<br />

the sponsorship from ACL, she sought help from five other<br />

Northern Virginia <strong>Latin</strong> teachers (Sally Davis, Maureen<br />

O’Donnell, Linda Montross, Christine Sleeper, and Marty<br />

Abbott) in establishing, writing, and publishing the exam.<br />

<strong>The</strong> first <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> was given nationwide<br />

to approximately 7,000 students in March 1978. <strong>The</strong><br />

number of test takers has steadily increased each year, and<br />

participation of foreign students has made the exam truly<br />

an international one.<br />

This year 150,852<br />

students registered<br />

for the March exam<br />

with applicants<br />

coming from across<br />

the United States,<br />

12 foreign countries<br />

(Australia, Bulgaria,<br />

Canada, China,<br />

Iran, Italy, Japan,<br />

Malaysia, New<br />

Zealand, Poland,<br />

United Kingdom,<br />

Zimbabwe), and<br />

two U.S. territories<br />

(Virgin Islands and<br />

Guam). <strong>The</strong> total<br />

number of <strong>Latin</strong><br />

students taking the<br />

exam throughout<br />

Jane’s 35 years of leadership is more than 2,789,443.<br />

Under her guidance, the exam itself has also<br />

expanded to include more levels of <strong>Latin</strong> study. In addition<br />

to the initial four exams (<strong>Latin</strong> I, <strong>Latin</strong> II, <strong>Latin</strong> III-IV<br />

Prose, <strong>Latin</strong> III-IV Poetry) Introduction to <strong>Latin</strong>, <strong>Latin</strong> III,<br />

and <strong>Latin</strong> V-VI exams have been added.<br />

In 1984 <strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> established its<br />

scholarship program for high school seniors selected from<br />

those earning gold medals on one of the advanced exams.<br />

In 2005 the NLE expanded this program to include students<br />

doing graduate work in Classics. By the end of 2011, more<br />

than one million dollars in scholarship money will have<br />

been given to high school seniors, college classics majors,<br />

and graduate students.<br />

Along with the growth in all areas of the NLE has<br />

come the growth of the Steering/Writing Committee, whose<br />

membership has increased from the original six members to<br />

its current membership of ten. <strong>The</strong> committee that initially<br />

met in the home of one of its members is now headquartered<br />

in the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> home office on the campus of the<br />

University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia,<br />

where three staff members attend to the daily business of<br />

the exam.<br />

Jane received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke<br />

College in 1952 and her M.A. from the University of<br />

Maryland in 1969. She was Virginia’s Foreign Language<br />

Teacher of the Year in 1984 and directed the first Virginia<br />

Governor’s <strong>Latin</strong> Academy in 1988. She was honored with<br />

an Ovatio from the Classical Association of the Middle<br />

West and South in 1984, the John F. Latimer Award from<br />

the Washington Classical Society in 1996, and a Merita<br />

Award from the American Classical League in 2001. She<br />

taught all levels of <strong>Latin</strong> at Fairfax County’s Fort Hunt High<br />

School and for many years was an adjunct professor at the<br />

University of Mary Washington.<br />

Jane’s family, friends, and colleagues from Classics<br />

gathered on April 3 at the Indian Creek Yacht and Country<br />

Club in Kilmarnock, Virginia, to honor her for her decadeslong<br />

service to the NLE. She and her husband, David, now<br />

live in nearby White Stone, Virginia.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> will host a reception in<br />

Jane’s honor at the American Classical League Institute in<br />

Minneapolis in June.


THE JANE HARRIMAN HALL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT<br />

SCHOLARSHIP IS ANNOUNCED BY NLE<br />

Purpose<br />

<strong>The</strong> Jane Harriman Hall Professional Development Scholarship is designed to support teachers in their<br />

ability to teach <strong>Latin</strong>. <strong>The</strong> scholarship was developed in honor of Jane Harriman Hall, founder of the<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>, in order to continue her efforts to bring high quality <strong>Latin</strong> instruction to students<br />

throughout the United States.<br />

Eligibility<br />

Applicants must be current teachers of <strong>Latin</strong> at the pre-K—12 level in public or private schools in the<br />

United States who spend at least 50% of their instructional time with students. Applicants are eligible<br />

for the award only once every ten years.<br />

Funding<br />

Scholarships will be awarded based on the impact they will have on students and effective use of the<br />

funds. A total of $5,000 will be allocated to the scholarship annually. This may result in one or more<br />

awards being given, based on the number and quality of the proposals.<br />

Term of the Award<br />

This annual scholarship may be used any time from January through December of the year in which it<br />

is awarded.<br />

Application process:<br />

Applications should be sent to:<br />

Deadline for application:<br />

October 1, 2011<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> Office<br />

<strong>The</strong> Jane Harriman Hall Professional Development Scholarship<br />

<strong>The</strong> University of Mary Washington<br />

1301 College Avenue<br />

Fredericksburg, VA 22401<br />

nle@umw.edu<br />

Telephone: 1-888-378-7721<br />

Applications are available at www.nle.org


ACL/NJCL NATIONAL LATIN EXAM REPORT 2011<br />

In 2011 more than 150,000 students applied to take the thirty-fourth <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>. Participation<br />

in the <strong>Exam</strong> has increased each year since its inception in 1977, when approximately 6,000<br />

students enrolled. Students from all fifty states participated this year, as did students from 12 foreign<br />

countries, including Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom<br />

and Zimbabwe. This year, for the first time, students from Iran and Malaysia also took the NLE. In<br />

addition, students in two U.S. territories, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, participated this year.<br />

During the second week in March, over 137,000 students in 2,848 schools took the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong><br />

<strong>Exam</strong> in their own schools, and the exam was administered in 21 colleges and 10 elementary schools.<br />

Also participating were 1,973 students from 399 home schools. <strong>The</strong> breakdown of awards for each exam<br />

(the number correct out of forty) is shown below, above each category.<br />

LEVEL TOTAL PERFECT GOLD SILVER MAGNA CUM<br />

Intro 18,175 328 328 ribbons, Perfect Paper Cert. for 40<br />

4,144 ribbons, Cert.of Outst. Achievement for 35-39<br />

3<br />

TOTAL<br />

AWARDS<br />

4,195 Cert. of Achievement for 31-34 8,667<br />

<strong>Latin</strong> I 36-40 33-35 31-32 29-30<br />

51,932 295 4,899 6,588 5,352 5,915 22,754<br />

<strong>Latin</strong> II 33-40 30-32 27-29 25-26<br />

33,726 98 3,751 3,531 4,529 3,348 15,159<br />

<strong>Latin</strong> III 35-40 32-34 29-31 27-28<br />

15,615 88 1,438 1,577 2,230 1,515 6,760<br />

Prose III 35-40 32-34 29-31 27-28<br />

4,296 27 441 422 623 477 1,963<br />

Poetry III 32-40 29-31 26-28 24-25<br />

1,670 4 185 159 208 175 727<br />

Prose IV 35-40 32-34 29-31 27-28<br />

3,212 12 316 332 486 360 1,494<br />

Poetry IV 35-40 32-34 30-31 28-29<br />

6,439 23 710 796 659 634 2,799<br />

<strong>Latin</strong> V 36-40 33-35 31-32 28-30<br />

2416 13 252 258 217 379 1,106<br />

<strong>Latin</strong> VI 37-40 35-36 33-34 30-32<br />

338 8 41 24 30 58 153<br />

Totals 137, 819 896 12,033 13,687 14,334 12,861 52,915<br />

continued on page 4


<strong>Exam</strong> Report 2011<br />

continued from page 3<br />

<strong>The</strong>re were 568 perfect papers in <strong>Latin</strong> I-VI. A<br />

congratulatory letter has been sent to the principal of each<br />

school with copies for the student, the <strong>Latin</strong> teacher, and<br />

the student’s permanent record. In addition, a special<br />

hand-lettered certificate was sent to each of these students.<br />

<strong>The</strong> twenty-three students who have three years of perfect<br />

papers and the three students who have four years of perfect<br />

papers are being sent the Carter Stubbs Drake Goad<br />

Memorial Book Award in addition to the special certificate.<br />

In the Introduction to <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>, which was<br />

taken by 18,175 students, 8,667 students won awards. As<br />

the average number correct on this <strong>Exam</strong> was 30, students<br />

who scored 31-34 correct out of forty received Certificates<br />

of Achievement, and scores of 35-39 received Certificates<br />

of Outstanding Achievement and purple ribbons. <strong>The</strong> 328<br />

students who answered all 40 questions correctly were<br />

sent a special congratulatory letter in addition to a special<br />

certificate of merit for a perfect score.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re were 836 seniors who won gold medals<br />

on the <strong>Latin</strong> III, III-IV Prose, III-IV Poetry, or the <strong>Latin</strong><br />

V-VI <strong>Exam</strong>. <strong>The</strong>se students are eligible for one of the<br />

twenty-one $1000 scholarships, including one from an<br />

anonymous donor. In addition, a $2000 scholarship will<br />

be awarded for post graduate study leading to the teaching<br />

of <strong>Latin</strong> and/or Greek at the elementary, intermediate, or<br />

high school level. <strong>The</strong>se scholarship awards will be announced<br />

by NLE Scholarship Chair, Ephy Howard, at the<br />

ACL Institute at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis,<br />

MN, in June. <strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> Scholarship<br />

Committee, formed in 1983, consists of Ephy Howard,<br />

Chair, and members Cathy Daugherty, Judith de Luce,<br />

Gaylan DuBose, Edith Foster, Sue Gillen, and Sandra<br />

Woodward. Linda S. Montross serves as the Scholarship<br />

Liaison. <strong>The</strong> scholarship recipients from 2010, 2009, and<br />

2008, are eligible for an additional $1000 if they continue<br />

their study of <strong>Latin</strong> and/or Greek. In 2010, the <strong>National</strong><br />

<strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> awarded $51,000 in scholarships.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Maureen O’Donnell Oxford Classical Dictionary<br />

Award, given to students who win four gold medals,<br />

is being sent to 403 students this year in recognition<br />

of their outstanding achievement. <strong>The</strong> 80 students who<br />

have won five gold medals, the two students who have<br />

won six gold medals, and the one student who has won<br />

seven gold medals will be sent special book awards. <strong>The</strong><br />

2011 PERFECT PAPER and GOLD MEDAL winners<br />

will be published in Torch U.S., the publication of the<br />

<strong>National</strong> Junior Classical League.<br />

In September, the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> office sent<br />

the application for the 2011 <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> to teachers<br />

who participated in the 2010 NLE. Upon receipt of<br />

the application and payment, a postcard was sent from the<br />

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NLE office to the teacher, verifying the number of applicants<br />

and informing the teacher that the exams and answer<br />

sheets would be mailed by the United Parcel Service to<br />

the <strong>Exam</strong> administrator or principal by February 20, 2011.<br />

Clement Testing Service mailed out the exams,<br />

answer sheets, and instructions and scored the returned<br />

answer sheets. <strong>The</strong> company also mailed out the results,<br />

awards, exam answers, and a congratulatory letter to the<br />

teacher by April 20, 2011. A copy of the congratulatory<br />

letter for the principal was included in this package. <strong>The</strong><br />

national percent correct for each question is included<br />

as well as the percent correct on each question for the<br />

individual school. Both percentages are being provided<br />

in order to help teachers and students assess strengths and<br />

weaknesses.<br />

<strong>The</strong> chart given below indicates the states with the greatest<br />

number of students taking the 2011 exam and those showing<br />

the greatest increase in percentage of those participating.<br />

<strong>The</strong> states with the greatest number of<br />

students taking the 2011 <strong>Exam</strong>s:<br />

Massachusetts 11,766<br />

New York 11,183<br />

Virginia 9,710<br />

Texas 9,229<br />

Pennsylvania 8,494<br />

New Jersey 8,443<br />

Ohio 7,173<br />

California 7,033<br />

Connecticut 5,947<br />

Georgia 5,252<br />

<strong>The</strong> states with the greatest % increase in<br />

number of students<br />

taking the 2011 <strong>Exam</strong>s:<br />

Montana 35%<br />

District of Columbia 22%<br />

Colorado 20%<br />

Arkansas 20%<br />

Vermont 19%<br />

Kentucky 17%<br />

North Dakota 16%<br />

Idaho 15%<br />

Florida 14%<br />

Mississippi 13%<br />

<strong>The</strong> members of the NLE Advisory Committee<br />

are Susan McDonald, Chair (FL), Nancy Czupik (OH),<br />

Liane Houghtalin (VA), Caroline Switzer Kelly (NC),<br />

Stephen Lee Pearce (LA), Tom Sienkewicz (IL), James<br />

Updegraff (CA), Matthew Webb (NH), Sandra Woodward<br />

(UT) and Athanasia Worley (KS). <strong>The</strong>y will be meeting<br />

at the 2011 ACL Institute to review and discuss the 2011<br />

exam. <strong>The</strong> members of this Committee represent the<br />

continued on page 6


BLOCK SCHEDULING RESULTS FOR 2011 NATIONAL LATIN EXAM<br />

Again on the 2011 NLE application, teachers were asked to indicate if they taught on a semester-block (4 by 4) schedule.<br />

Of the students taking the exam, 5468 in 151 schools were taught on this type schedule. <strong>The</strong>se students’ test scores were<br />

examined and compared with the mean scores of students on traditional schedules. <strong>The</strong> results are below:<br />

Block + Non Block Non Block Block<br />

Number of Mean Number of Mean Number of Mean<br />

Students Score Students Score Students Score<br />

INTRO 18,178 30 17,831 30 347 28<br />

LATIN I 51,949 28 49,890 28 2,059 26<br />

LATIN II 33,752 24 32, 138 24 1,614 22<br />

LATIN III 15,632 26 14,864 26 768 25<br />

PROSE III 4,300 26 4,233 26 67 23<br />

PROSE IV 3,215 26 3,014 26 201 24<br />

POETRY III 1,678 23 1,609 23 69 20<br />

POETRY IV 6,447 27 6,238 27 209 26<br />

LATIN V 2,416 27 2,322 27 94 27<br />

LATIN VI 337 29 297 29 40 30<br />

TOTALS 137,904 27 132,541 27 5,468 26<br />

THE 2011 NLE SCORES OF HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS<br />

According to the 2011 NLE applications, 1973 students taking the exam were taught in 399 home schools. <strong>The</strong>se students’<br />

test scores were examined and compared with the mean scores of students in traditional schools. <strong>The</strong> results are below.<br />

Home Sch + Traditional Traditional Home School<br />

Number of Mean Number of Mean Number of Mean<br />

Students Score Students Score Students Score<br />

INTRO 18,178 30 17,620 30 558 31<br />

LATIN I 51,949 28 51,217 28 732 30<br />

LATIN II 33,752 24 33,394 24 358 27<br />

LATIN III 15,632 26 15,449 26 183 29<br />

PROSE III 4,300 26 4,250 26 50 31<br />

PROSE IV 3,215 26 3,170 26 45 30<br />

POETRY III 1,678 23 1,667 23 11 31<br />

POETRY IV 6,447 27 6,426 27 21 29<br />

LATIN V 2,416 27 2,408 27 8 33<br />

LATIN VI 337 29 330 29 7 36<br />

TOTALS 137,904 27 135,931 27 1,973 31<br />

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<strong>Exam</strong> Report 2011<br />

continued from page 4<br />

various geographic areas of the country, middle and high<br />

schools, colleges, and public and private schools.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> Association of Secondary School<br />

Principals has voted to place the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> on<br />

the Advisory List of <strong>National</strong> Contests and Activities for<br />

2011-2012. This list will be distributed to all secondary<br />

schools in the United States in September of 2011.<br />

For the Introduction to <strong>Latin</strong>, <strong>Latin</strong> I, II, III, III/<br />

IV Prose, and III/IV Poetry exams, there are 40 multiplechoice<br />

questions on grammar, comprehension, mythology,<br />

derivatives, literature, Roman life, history, and geography.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> V-VI exam contains two <strong>Latin</strong> passages as the<br />

basis for 40 multiple-choice questions on grammar, comprehension,<br />

historical background, classical literature, and<br />

literary devices. <strong>The</strong> time limit for the exams is 45 minutes.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Steering/Writing Committee consists of Jane<br />

H. Hall (Co-Chair), Mark Keith (Co-Chair), Joe Davenport,<br />

Sally Davis, Elizabeth Heimbach, Ian Hochberg,<br />

Patricia Lister, Betty Merrill (Newsletter), Linda Montross,<br />

and Sue Robertson. Christine Sleeper, one of the original<br />

founders of the NLE, has been honored with Emerita status.<br />

<strong>The</strong> committee began writing the exams in the spring of<br />

2010. By the middle of August it began the difficult task of<br />

reviewing each exam with respect to the level of difficulty,<br />

accuracy, and content. After several revisions, the exams<br />

were sent to consultants Marty Abbott, Michael Bales,<br />

Sheila Dickison, John Donohue, Kathy Elifrits, Kevin<br />

Gushman, Ruth Haukeland, Nancy Llewellyn, David Perry,<br />

and Wallace Ragan for their in-depth critiques. Acting<br />

upon their suggestions, the Committee made further revisions.<br />

After a final reading and revision, 166,000 copies of<br />

the exams were printed.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 2011 exam required sixteen working sessions<br />

averaging three and a half hours each to complete the<br />

work associated with the exams. In addition to the general<br />

working sessions, each Committee member spent countless<br />

hours taking care of specific tasks such as writing exam<br />

questions, answering correspondence, word processing,<br />

record keeping, publicizing the exam, ordering supplies,<br />

and writing newsletter articles.<br />

<strong>The</strong> NLE Office Manager Janine Kuty, Administrative<br />

Assistant Ellen Smith, and student aide Matt Wallace<br />

tended to numerous NLE matters such as registering<br />

schools for the exam, processing exam fees, answering<br />

daily phone calls and e-mails, handling bookkeeping, and<br />

mailing newsletters, postcards, Awards Letters, and Perfect<br />

Paper Certificates.<br />

<strong>The</strong> tip sheet which was sent out with the application<br />

continues to have a very positive effect. Many<br />

more applications came in December, and there were not<br />

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as many frantic calls about needing more exams and/or<br />

answer sheets.<br />

Copies of the four previous exams and the <strong>National</strong><br />

<strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> Syllabus are available for purchase from the<br />

American Classical League office in Oxford, Ohio for<br />

$9.00, or free online at the NLE Web Site www.nle.org<br />

<strong>The</strong> NLE again asked teachers to indicate on the<br />

2011 application if their schools were on semester block<br />

schedule or if their students were home-schooled. <strong>The</strong><br />

results are in this Newsletter.<br />

<strong>The</strong> postmark deadline for the 2012 NLE application<br />

is January 18, 2012. <strong>The</strong> price for the 2012 exam is<br />

$4.00 per exam, $6.00 foreign, $10.00 minimum order, plus<br />

a $10 charge for postage and handling.<br />

<strong>The</strong> philosophy of the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> is<br />

predicated on providing every <strong>Latin</strong> student the opportunity<br />

to experience a sense of personal accomplishment<br />

and success in his study of the <strong>Latin</strong> language and culture.<br />

This opportunity exists for all students since, in the <strong>National</strong><br />

<strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>, they are not competing with their fellow<br />

students on a comparative basis, but are evaluated solely on<br />

their own performance on the exam. <strong>The</strong> basic purposes of<br />

the NLE are to promote the study of <strong>Latin</strong> and to encourage<br />

the individual student.<br />

<strong>The</strong> NLE-sponsored <strong>Latin</strong> news program, entitled<br />

FORUM ROMANUM, twenty-four ten-minute programs<br />

presented entirely in <strong>Latin</strong> by experienced <strong>Latin</strong> teachers,<br />

continues to receive enthusiastic reviews from <strong>Latin</strong><br />

teachers across the nation. FORUM ROMANUM is<br />

available on DVD and video and can be purchased from the<br />

American Classical League Teaching Materials & Resource<br />

Center. John Donohue, author of the series, has written an<br />

activity book to accompany FORUM ROMANUM which<br />

is also available from the TMRC in Oxford, OH.<br />

<strong>The</strong> NLE web site, which is maintained by Cindy<br />

Caltagirone, contains the 2011 exams, the syllabus, and the<br />

newsletters. Members of the various committees connected<br />

with the NLE and FORUM ROMANUM scripts are<br />

posted on the site. <strong>The</strong> address for the web site is www.nle.<br />

org.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> is located at the<br />

University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Ave,<br />

Fredericksburg, VA 22401; Tel 1-888-378-7721; email:<br />

nle@umw.edu<br />

<strong>The</strong> Committee wishes to extend a special thankyou<br />

to all the hardworking <strong>Latin</strong> teachers and their students<br />

who have helped to make the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> a<br />

success.


NEW IN 2012: TEACHERS MAY PAY FOR EXAMS WITH CREDIT CARDS<br />

Beginning this fall, teachers will be able to pay for their 2012 <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>s using<br />

a Visa, Master Card, or Discover Card. Because it is most important to keep the application<br />

and payment from each school together, credit card payment information can be given<br />

in two ways. <strong>The</strong> application form for the 2012 exams will have a space for teachers to fill in<br />

credit card information or the application with credit card information may be submitted online<br />

through the NLE web site. Credit card payments will not be accepted by phone since they<br />

would not be accompanied by the application form. <strong>The</strong>re will be a convenience charge of $5<br />

for each application charged to a credit card.<br />

**** ATTENTION ALL FORMER NLE SCHOLARS! ****<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> Newsletter is in the process of publishing a series of articles featuring former<br />

scholarship winners who have completed their undergraduate studies. NLE and the international <strong>Latin</strong><br />

community are interested in you and would love follow-up information about your lives and careers.<br />

Please send us at the address below a brief account about where you are and what you are doing.<br />

nle@umw.edu<br />

or<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong><br />

University of Mary Washington<br />

1301 College Avenue<br />

Fredericksburg, VA 22401<br />

NANCY LLEWELLYN JOINS NLE CONSULTANTS<br />

Nancy Llewellyn, Associate Professor of <strong>Latin</strong> at Wyoming Catholic College is the newest Consultant for the<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>. Nancy earned her bachelor’s degree at Bryn Mawr College and studied with Vatican <strong>Latin</strong>ist Fr.<br />

Reginald Foster for three years in Rome, where she also earned a Licenza (MA) in Christian and Classical Letters at the<br />

Pontifical Salesian University under the direction of Fr. Cletus Pavanetto, emeritus President of the Vatican’s <strong>Latin</strong>itas<br />

Foundation. During her PhD studies at UCLA, she was awarded the prestigious Luckman Fellowship for Distinguished<br />

Teaching. In 1997 she founded SALVI, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting the speaking of <strong>Latin</strong>, under<br />

whose aegis she conducts annual spoken-<strong>Latin</strong> workshops that attract teachers and students from around the country.<br />

She has also taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and served for a year as Project Coordinator of<br />

the Bibliotheca Alexandrina <strong>Latin</strong>a initiative at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Technology in the<br />

Humanities. Nancy has taught at Wyoming Catholic College since the College’s inception in 2007.<br />

Nancy is excited about her new role with the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>, and NLE looks forward to working closely<br />

with her.<br />

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LATIN II<br />

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only…but ēruērunt,<br />

ēruērunt,<br />

also sed<br />

sed<br />

C) etiam<br />

etiam<br />

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aliās<br />

the ad<br />

ad<br />

way…but lītus Āfricae<br />

lītus Āfricae<br />

freely ēgērunt.<br />

ēgērunt.<br />

C) A) are meeting D) will be met (38% knew that A is the correct answer.)<br />

Easy: D) In<br />

1. Nōn modo ventī aliās nāvēs ēruērunt, sed etiam aliās ad lītus Āfricae ēgērunt.<br />

Easy:<br />

A)<br />

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In no<br />

even…but way…but<br />

1.<br />

way…but<br />

yet just so<br />

Nōn modo<br />

just<br />

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(78% B) Not<br />

aliās<br />

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knew only…but<br />

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etiam<br />

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aliās<br />

in<br />

answer.) the way…but freely<br />

the<br />

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way…but<br />

lītus Āfricae<br />

freely<br />

D) Not even…but yet (78% knew that B is the correct answer.) ēgērunt.<br />

Easy: A) In no<br />

A) Other D)<br />

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answer.)<br />

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knew only…but that B<br />

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D) Hard: Not 28. even…but Which yet body of (78% water knew is located that B outside Other is the of correct Questions the Italian answer.) peninsula? A) Rhine River<br />

Other Questions<br />

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Other Hard:<br />

Tiber<br />

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River<br />

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knew<br />

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answer.)<br />

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Hard:<br />

B) Tiber<br />

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Rhine<br />

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answer.)<br />

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answer.)


Dear Nelly,<br />

DEAR NELLY<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> teacher asked me, the guidance counselor, to administer the NLE to her students this year.<br />

On exam day, two extra students showed up and wanted to take the exam. I didn’t want to turn away<br />

these students away, so I simply made copies of the appropriate level exams and used two answer sheets<br />

left over from last year. Now I’m concerned that perhaps I did the wrong thing. Was it acceptable for me<br />

to admit these two additional students to the exam?<br />

Jittery in Juneau<br />

Dear Jittery,<br />

Unfortunately, your solution did not work. You may return for grading only the number of answer sheets paid<br />

for by your school during the current year. Since answer sheets may only be used for the year in which they were<br />

issued, proctors are asked to return all answer sheets, used and unused, when they mail them in for scoring each<br />

year. <strong>The</strong> administrator should consult with the <strong>Latin</strong> teacher prior to the exam to learn how many exams were<br />

ordered and should admit only those students whose names are on the teacher’s list for the current year’s exam.<br />

Teachers can add more students to their original order only during the add-on period of exam registration. For the<br />

2012 exam, the deadline for ordering add-on exams was Friday, March 9.<br />

Dear Nelly,<br />

Help! I selected the first week of early administration for my students this year. However, we missed so many days due to<br />

snow, that our semester exams got shifted to that week. On my own I changed my administration week to a later one. Is that<br />

even permitted? A second problem also presented itself. When my original proctor informed me that she could not administer<br />

the exam, I was forced to change proctors late in the game. Was this acceptable? I feel like I’ve been hit with a double<br />

whammy!<br />

Anxious in Alexandria<br />

Dear Anxious,<br />

Not to worry! As long as your school administers the exam during one of the three testing weeks there is no<br />

problem even though you had registered for an earlier week. Regarding the proctor problem, our policy is that<br />

someone other than the <strong>Latin</strong> teacher must administer the exam. As long as you abide by that policy, there isn’t a<br />

problem with changing proctors, even at the last minute.<br />

Dear Nelly,<br />

<strong>The</strong> students in my school seem unable to exist without their cell phones. Our administration, after a great deal of pressure<br />

from students and parents, has thrown up its hands and now allows phones in the school. I fear that the fact that they are<br />

constantly texting their friends is a problem for the security of the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>Exam</strong>. What can we do to ensure that<br />

students are not communicating with each other or with students at other schools while they are taking the NLE?<br />

Suspicious in Suffolk<br />

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Dear Suspicious,<br />

This is a tough one! <strong>The</strong> best suggestion would be for your proctor to announce to the students that they are to<br />

put all books, notebooks, cell phones, and other possessions in some secure place out of their reach before the exam<br />

is to begin. This is already common practice for taking the SATs, the PSATs, and AP exams. Your proctor should<br />

then be vigilant and walk around the room the entire time the exam is being given. If the students know that the<br />

proctor is watchful, they are more likely to follow the rules.<br />

Dear Nelly,<br />

I am really upset and don’t know what to do. My <strong>Latin</strong> III prose students took the <strong>Latin</strong> III Prose <strong>Exam</strong> as they were<br />

supposed to. But when most of them bubbled in the level of the class they are taking, they marked <strong>Latin</strong> III. When the scores<br />

came to us, we were all shocked because they were so terrible. After questioning them, it was obvious what they had done. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

are all very good students and are used to being very successful on the NLE. Is there some way to get their papers re-scored<br />

according to the correct level exam that they took?<br />

Frustrated in Freeport<br />

Dear Frustrated,<br />

DEAR NELLY<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is a solution to your problem! You can send an e-mail to our testing service (clementtestingservice@<br />

verizon.net) explaining the situation. However, it is really better for the testing service (so they will have a hard<br />

copy) if you make a copy of the score sheet and highlight the students whose papers you would like to have<br />

rescored. You should also indicate what level the student should have marked. Send your rescore requests to Joe<br />

Clement, 4435 Miniature Lane, Fairfax, Virginia 22033.<br />

By the way, NLE will rescore only when a student has bubbled in the incorrect level. No rescoring is done for<br />

papers with incomplete erasures.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> NLE Advisory Committee will meet in June 2011, during the ACL Institute at the University of<br />

Minnesota in Minneapolis. <strong>The</strong> members of this committee represent the various geographic areas of the<br />

country, from both public and private middle schools, high schools, and colleges. Please feel free to contact<br />

any of these members with your comments, suggestions, questions, or concerns about the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Latin</strong><br />

<strong>Exam</strong>. Your concerns will be discussed at the meeting in June.<br />

Nancy M. Czupik<br />

27003 Wolf Road<br />

Bay Village, OH 44140<br />

Phone: 440-892-8949<br />

nczupik@yahoo.com<br />

Liane Houghtalin<br />

Trinkle Hall 240<br />

University of Mary Washington<br />

Fredericksburg, VA 22401<br />

540-654-1345<br />

lhoughta@umw.edu<br />

Caroline Switzer Kelly<br />

7240 Rolling Ridge Drive<br />

Charlotte, NC 28211<br />

704-779-0161<br />

ckelly@covenantday.org<br />

THE NLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE<br />

Members of the NLE Advisory Committee - 2011<br />

Susan McDonald, Chair<br />

10054 Glenmore Avenue<br />

Bradenton, FL 34202<br />

Phone: 941-355-6179<br />

mcdonals@manateeschools.net<br />

Stephen Lee Pearce<br />

Dunelm Cottage<br />

830 Elysian Fields<br />

New Orleans, LA 70117-8514<br />

504-286-2600<br />

Stephen_Pearce@benfranklinhighschool.org<br />

Tom Sienkewicz<br />

Monmouth College Classics Department<br />

700 E. Broadway<br />

Monmouth, IL 61462<br />

309-457-2371<br />

toms@monm.edu<br />

James Updegraff<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bishop’s School<br />

7607 La Jolla Blvd.<br />

La Jolla, CA 92037<br />

858-459-4021, x295<br />

updegraj@bishops.com<br />

THE NATIONAL LATIN EXAM CONSULTANTS<br />

Matthew Webb<br />

45 Chestnut Cove Road<br />

Alton, NH 03809<br />

603-300-2911<br />

magister@magisterwebb.com<br />

Sandra Woodward<br />

2881 Sable Avenue<br />

Salt Lake City, UT 84118<br />

801-964-8252<br />

swoodward@graniteschools.org<br />

Athanasia Worley<br />

8926 Riley St.<br />

Overland Park, KS 66212<br />

913-825-2734<br />

eaworley@smsd.org<br />

Every fall the Consultants critique the exams and offer suggestions for improvement to the Writing<br />

Committee. <strong>The</strong>ir ideas and contributions are invaluable in the process of preparing the exams for<br />

distribution to national and international <strong>Latin</strong> students.<br />

Martha Abbott Michael Bales Sheila K. Dickison John Donohue<br />

mabbott@actfl.org mbales@tfs.ca Doctord@ufl.edu JohnJDonohue@msn.com<br />

Kathy Elifrits Kevin Gushman Ruth Haukeland Nancy Llewellyn<br />

kelifrits@zoomtown.com kgushman@aol.com einaruth@aol.com nancy.llewellyn@<br />

wyomingcatholicollege.com<br />

David Perry Wallace Ragan<br />

hospes.primus@verizon.net wallace_ragan@cathedral.org<br />

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MEMBERS OF SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE<br />

Ephy Howard, Chair Cathy Daugherty Judith de Luce<br />

epec@troycable.net emerita07@comcast.net delucej@muohio.edu<br />

Gaylan DuBose Edith Foster Sue L. Gillen<br />

Gaylan1004@yahoo.com edithmfoster@gmail.com slgillen@comcast.net<br />

Sandra Woodward Linda Montross, Liaison to the Scholars<br />

swoodward@graniteschools.org amovos@aol.com<br />

NATIONAL LATIN EXAM STEERING/WRITING COMMITTEE<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are the committee members who meet throughout the year to discuss, write, fine-tune, and proof the<br />

exams. <strong>The</strong>se are all seasoned <strong>Latin</strong> teachers who have experience using a wide variety of textbooks and methods.<br />

Jane H. Hall, Co-Chair Mark Keith, Co-Chair Joe Davenport<br />

jhhall@kaballero.com pallanteum@comcast.net davenport@norwellschools.org<br />

Sally Davis Betty Merrill, Newsletter Linda Montross<br />

saldavis@comcast.net bmerrill10@hotmail.com amovos@aol.com<br />

Elizabeth Heimbach Ian Hochberg Patricia Lister<br />

EHeimbach@aol.com ihochberg@sssas.org phlister@cox.net<br />

Sue Robertson Christine Sleeper, EMERITA<br />

ktrobertson@verizon.net<br />

CHECK OUT THE NLE WEBSITE!<br />

www.nle.org<br />

UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON:<br />

<strong>The</strong> 2011 <strong>Exam</strong>s and Answers<br />

Results, Awards, and Scholarship Information for 2011<br />

Our Application for 2012 – available beginning August 20, 2011<br />

Special Instructions for Home-Schoolers<br />

Copies of the 2000-2011 <strong>Exam</strong>s<br />

<strong>The</strong> Syllabus for Each Level<br />

Contact Information for the NLE Committees and Consultants<br />

FORUM ROMANUM Videos, DVD, and Scripts<br />

Links to ACL and Other Classical Organizations<br />

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SCENES FROM JANE‘S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION<br />

Jane with her daughter Dianne<br />

Jane and her family<br />

Speech! Speech! Speech!


Kevin Gushman and Sue Robertson,<br />

NLE commitee members<br />

Jane, her husband David, and Roman soldier<br />

Richard Campbell (Jane’s former student)<br />

As always, Jane gives praise to others.<br />

Sisters Sally Davis and Ruth Haukeland,<br />

NLE comitee members<br />

Forum Romanum’s<br />

Marcus Favonius (John<br />

Donohue) talks with Ward<br />

Jones


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