Exam Study Guide

The study guide for the spring semester exams is posted here. Language exams are scheduled for Wednesday, May 25.

Convention Results

MUS finished in 1st place overall for the 9th consecutive year at the Tennessee Junior Classical League State Convention last week. Approximately 500 students from 33 schools participated in the competition.

Top performers were Reid Chandler (Latin One), Ethan Hurst (Latin Two), Chang Yu (Latin Three), Jackson Moody (Latin Three), and Patton Orr (Latin Five), all of whom finished in the individual top ten.

Congratulations to all of the students who were a part of the team this year!

National Latin Exam

We have received the results of the 2016 National Latin Exam:

14 Perfect Scores

90 Summa Cum Laude Gold Medals 

24 Maxima Cum Laude Silver Medals

12 Magna Cum Laude

11 Cum Laude

Generally speaking, the top 10% or so of students nationwide earn Summa Cum Laude, the next 10% receive Maxima, and so forth. Everyone who scores above the national average qualifies for one of the four awards.

Perfect Scores:

Arjun Puri (Latin 1)

Ethan Hurst, Zuhair Somjee, Ty Williams (Latin 2)

Brad Kerkhof, Jackson Moody, Charlie Evans, Matthew Temple, Jackson Howell, Jon Staffel, Sam Payne (Latin 3)

Henry Trammell, Rahul Mehra, Aneesh Ram (Latin 4 – Poetry)

Congratulations to all award recipients for a job well done!

Convention

Final convention instructions and reminders are posted here. Please read them. (N.B.: The white shirts have not arrived yet. They'll be here soon.)

A map of the University of Memphis campus is posted here.